News of violent protests in Tehran, Iran have reignited the Twitter movement #iranelection, which many point to as a defining moment for the 140-character service during highly contested elections last summer. The New York Times is reporting that police opened fire on a crowd, killing at least four, on the anniversary of the death of “Shiite Islam’s holiest martyr.” Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish blog also has up-to-the-minute coverage.

Yesterday’s Sunday New York Times featured two stories without bylines. One piece recounted Times reporter David Rohde‘s Saturday escape from Taliban captors following a seven month ordeal (and accompanying news blackout). The other piece was datelined Tehran.