Ines Mergel

Twitter Whitehouse account updates Obama’s message in Farsi

In Government 2.0, Iran election, Twitter revolution, YouTube, online networking on June 24, 2009 at 6:04 am

Twitter Whitehouse in Farsi

Originally uploaded by Ines Mergel.

President Obama talked about the protesters in Iran this week. The Whitehouse Twitter account was subsequently updated in Farsi.

Similarly his YouTube address was published with Farsi subtitles:

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