[5] Days before the 2009 presidential election, Vahid Online was present in Mir-Hossein Mousavi campaign headquarters in Gheytarieh, when the place was rushed by government militias.
Witnessing the event, he immediately posted it on his blog and social media accounts, and used his mobile phone to broadcast live footage on Qik.
[1] Vahid Online runs a Telegram channel and a Twitter account through which he actively monitors what circulates in social media to cover newsworthy events regarding Iran.
[7][8][9] [10] Some recent significant instances include firsthand videos from 2017 and 2019 nationwide protests, or images and films revealing about coronavirus casualties in the country that the government tended to withhold from the public since the beginning of the outbreak.
[11] Vahid Online has challenged validity of the 'Twitter Revolution' thesis[2] and Douglas Rushkoff's view on role of social media in 2009 poll presidential election protests,[12] believing them to be "exaggerated".