Vahid Online

Vahid Online is the pseudonym netizen, Internet activist

Activism 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. before settling in the United States as a refugee.

Google Plus' former policy of not allowing pseudonyms for users, forced Vahid Online to deactivate his account. However, after Google was convinced that this is an "established" pseudonym and he has a "meaningful following", gave his account back.

News events coverage 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. He posts content that he aggregates and verifies for other Iranians and the broader world, as relied on and covered by respected outlets. 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.

Views Vahid Online has challenged validity of the 'Twitter Revolution' thesis believing them to be "exaggerated".

He believes that blocking access to online products in Iran by companies like Google, mirrors the policies of Internet censorship in Iran by the government.

Commenting on Javad Zarif's presence in social media, he was quoted, "Zarif is the first senior Iranian official to type with his own fingers and write that he is using Facebook, a site that has been branded as a tool of enemies and mentioned in trials of opposition members" and "People have gotten used to the government's stance on Facebook, and now they're hoping that with the presence of the foreign minister, the site will become unfiltered".

Awards Vahid Online was awarded The BOBs citizen journalism people's choice award in 2016, and best person to follow Persian in 2013.