0410 GMT: As we expected, 25 Bahman --- the anniversary of the last major show of defiance in Tehran --- came and went without any loud display of protest. Opposition figures Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, put under strict house arrest at this time last year, remain shut away, and there was no sign of organised resistance amidst the heavy security presence in parts of the capital.
This does not mean, however, that those concerned about the reigme, 32 months after the disputed 2009 Presidential election, were entirely absent. An EA source in Tehran sent this report:
Today the city had a military atmosphere. Police cars were seen on almost every major square in Tehran especially around Tehran's universities and nearby streets and roads.
Internet connection has had serious problems for the past few days, and today for some hours there was no access. Mobile phones also had problems.
Based on eyewitnesses, near the Vali-e Asr intersection, a large number of people were just looking around in silence and looking and smiling meaningfully at each other.
On Navab St many photographs were taken by the plainclothes security officers, and some people were interrogated randomly.[State broadcaster] IRIB cameras was interviewing people about shopping for the Iranian New Year. However, the true intentions behind these interviews was to film that no protesting had happened.
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