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Millions of people around the world are showing their support for democracy in Iran by adding some green to their lives. Paste wanted to make this easy and more interesting by enabling users to make an "Iranicon"—an Obamicon-like image using the colors of Iran.

Take your picture with a webcam or upload a photo, choose your message, and submit to the gallery. Show your support on Twitter (now even easier), Facebook or wherever else you'd like.

"I have relatives in Iran, so this is very personal," said Paste president Tim Regan-Porter. "But, fundamentally, this is about the right to free and fair elections and the right of citizens to express their views, and that's something all reasonable people can get behind. These symbolic gestures may not have a huge impact, but millions around the world want to show their solidarity with those fighting for such fundamental rights and I think it's important to offer whatever encouragement we can."

Paste has also added a few new features to its webicon site (webicon is the generic name for these color-manipulated images). Users can use their webicons as their Twitter profile pictures with a single click, filter webicons by type (you can see all the Iranicons here), and use a cut-out tool for uploaded photos to makes webicons look better than ever.

Paste launched Obamicon shortly before President Obama's inauguration in January. The site allowed users to make images of themselves in the style of Shepard Fairey's iconic "Hope" poster. The site received over a million visitors in its first month, with over 1.25 million webicons created to date. Iranicon is the third official webicon, following "Luvicon" and Obamicon. Paste has also produced webicons for Green for All and the Atlanta Hawks.

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