June 22nd, 2009 posted by alexander drewniak

On the 12th of June, when the presidential elections in Iran took place, the people of the Islamic republic went out of their homes to cast their votes with hopes of seeing them amount to a democratically elected president of their country. Today, 10 days later, after seeing serious evidence of discrepancies surface, the entire country is in despair, people are in disbelief and no one can tell with absolute certainty what the future holds in store for the brave men and women of Iran taking a stand against tyranny, fraud and lies for the benefit of living freely under democratic and honest conditions.

Due to these recent developments, we announced earlier today that we have made the decision to give away a total of a quarter of a million free minutes to Iran. When Rebtel was founded in 2006, it was built with the vision of shrinking the world, making it a friendlier place, and to bring people from all over the world closer together by making all phone calls local. 3 years later we still stay true to that vision by doing what we believe should be expected of us not only as a company, but also as fellow human beings.

This opportunity to call Iran for no cost is available for all existing users as well as new users. No strings attached.

As a fair use policy, each and everyone that decides to redeem the voucher code will receive 15 minutes of free calls each. New users that are currently not Rebtel users will in addition also receive the usual 5 Welcome Minutes. Once redeemed, the 15 minutes to Iran will be valid for 14 days.

The voucher code will be redeemable starting today, Monday the 22nd of June, and will expire on Monday next week, 29th of June.

If you would like to help us spread the message to raise awareness and make sure as many people as possible get the chance make use of these minutes, please retweet this post with the hashtag #iranelection by clicking the button at the top of this post.

Follow these instructions if you have family or friends in Iran and want to make sure they are well:

Existing Users (15 minutes to Iran)

  1. Go to http://www.rebtel.com/en/My-Rebtel/Buy-credit/
  2. Click ‘Redeem now’ at the bottom of the page
  3. Click the blue Rebtel heart, enter the voucher code iranelection and click ‘Redeem now’
  4. Call your loved ones free of cost and make sure they are OK

New Users (15 minutes to Iran + 5 Welcome Minutes

  1. Go to http://www.rebtel.com/
  2. Click ‘Try Now’ and sign up with Rebtel
  3. Go to http://www.rebtel.com/en/My-Rebtel/Buy-credit/
  4. Click the blue Rebtel heart, enter the voucher code iranelection and click ‘Redeem now’
  5. Call your loved ones free of cost and make sure they are OK

Iran Resources

To follow the developments in Iran on the web, we would like to refer you to the following resources:

- Iran Videos on YouTube

- Iran Images on Flickr

- #iranelection Twitter Search

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