By: Arash Afghahi

Growing up, I didn’t feel a strong connection to Iran. I wasn’t born there and I’ve only visited once in my life.

As a kid, I remember tuning my dad out every time he talked about Iranian politics. And they were definitely conversations to avoid around the dinner table, because they usually ended with him dropping the f-word -- fascist. My dad seemed addicted to conspiracy theories involving the government. I always figured that it couldn’t be as bad as he said it was. But now I sympathize with my dad a lot more.

The tension is mounting as dawn approaches in Tehran and a "Sea of Green" demonstration that has been banned by the government is expected to take place despite threats of a major crackdown.

For round the clock coverage of the events as they unfold we recommend Nico Pitney's live blog at the Huffington Post.

For pictures feeds from Iran, check out Demotix.

By Layla Maryam

YMI has been following Iran's post-election chaos through an ongoing blog of twitter feeds and a day-by-day breakdown of what's going on in Iran.

UPDATED: 4:12 PSDT

@mjhsieh

RT from Iran: MOUSAVI ASKS THE WORLD TO PARTICIPATE IN SEA OF GREEN IN ALL CAPITAL CITIES THIS SUNDAY - #Iranelection

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Whether you're late to the Iranian election story or you've been tracking it since day one it's getting hard to keep the news straight. The sheer volume of information is a boon both to news junkies and history- not to mention the actual effect that all those tweets may be having on the outcome of this crisis- but speed and accuracy don't always go hand in hand.

Original Morning Round Up at the bottom of post.

We're following @iran09 and @pinkmuslimah on Twitter today.

For the BEST of the liveblogs on Iran's woes go to Nico Pitney's at the Huffington Post.

FINAL TUESDAY UPDATE:

To give our readers- many of whom were born AFTER Iran's 1979 Revolution- a little context we've compiled this playlist of YouTube videos on the subject. If you know of other videos that should be on this list send us a note.

For up-to-the-minute news from Iran, check out The Huffington Post Live-Blog.

Head's up: Youth Radio is following persiankiwi, iran09 and Pink Muslimah on Twitter. They're posting and reposting news from inside Iran.

We'll be highlighting some of their tweets here in this thread.

FINAL UPDATE