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Iran Targeting Expatriates

Roya Boroumand | Posted 04.03.2012 | World
Read More: Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Saeed Malekpour Death Sentence, Iranian Expatriates, Ramin Jahanbeglou, Hossein Derakhshan, Omid Kokabi, Zahra Bahrami, Roxana Saberi, Iran, Iranians, Esha-Momeni, World News
Roya Boroumand

The government message is clear: communicating independently with Iranians or echoing their voices is not allowed. And it works.

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Hossein Derakshan: Sued Here and Imprisoned There

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.10.2011 | World
Read More: Iran, Mehdi Khalaji, Hoder, Hossein Derakhshan, Dissent, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Blogging, Civility, Hoder Iran, Hoder Blogger, Hoder Prison, Hoder Lawsuit, World News
Steve Clemons

Yesterday, the father of blogging in Iran, Hossein Derakshan, the young person who had helped hundreds if not thousands of bloggers inside Iran, failed to secure an appeal of a 20-year sentence imposed on him by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Hossein Derakhshan, Famed Iranian Blogger, Granted Prison Leave

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian rights group says a pioneering Canadian-Iranian blogger has been temporarily freed from prison on bail ...

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Middle East in 2011: Social Media to Take on Governments

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Twittering, Twitter, Tunisia, Kareem Amer, Middle East, Egypt, Hossein Derakhshan, Iran, North Africa, Committee to Protect Journalists, Facebook, Blogger-Activists, Iran Crackdown, American University in Cairo, Media, Journalism, Blogger, Censorship, Kalima, Tunis, World News
Firas Al-Atraqchi

By publishing online -- and dissenting in 140 characters or less -- journalists in the Middle East and North Africa are challenging dominant state institutions.

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Iran Blog Founder Sentenced To 19 Years In Prison For His Writings

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Iran, Farsi Language Blog, Iran Blog, Hossein Derakhshan, Iranian-Canadian Blogger, Farsi Language, Blog, Iranian-Canadian, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian court sentenced the founder of one of the first Farsi-language blogs, credited with sparking the boom in Iranian refor...

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Iran's "Blogfather" Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Hossein Derakhshan, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Blogger, Revolutionary Court, World News
Omid Memarian

Last week, Iran's Revolutionary Court sentenced Hossein Derakhshan, an internationally known Iranian-Canadian blogger, to 19 and a half years in prison.

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Blogger And Aid Worker Remain Imprisoned In Iran Despite Saberi Release

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Roxana Saberi Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bloggers, Silva Harotonian, Foreign Affairs, Roxana Saberi Released, Roxana Saberi, Hossein Derakhshan, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Roxana Saberi Release, Bloggers in Iran, Advocacy, Bloggers in Danger, World News

As supporters of the Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi celebrate her release from Evin prison in Tehran, campaigns to free two other, less hig...

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Blogging in Iran: A Dangerous Prospect

Jillian York | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Blogosphere, Iranian Blogosphere, State of the Blogosphere, Iranian Bloggers, Omidreza Mirsayafi, Hossein Derakhshan, Iran, Iranian Blogger Arrested, World News
Jillian York

Blogging, the last bastion for speaking one's mind in Iran, is becoming a dangerous prospect.

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Who is Hossein Derakhshan?

Daniel Lubetzky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hossein Derakhshan, Obama, Persian Blogger, Iran-Israel, Iran Blogger, Media News
Daniel Lubetzky

Hossein Derakhshan... is among the most famous Persian bloggers. Hossein is jailed and threatened with the same fate of execution by the Iranian government.

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Iranian "Blogfather" Arrested On Charge Of Spying For Israel

Times Of London | Michael Theodoulou | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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A prominent Iranian blogger, nicknamed the Blogfather for spawning Iran's spectacular blogging revolution, has been arrested in Tehran and accused of ...

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Iranian Blogger Hossein Derakhshan Arrested

Jillian York | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Hossein Derakhshan, Iran, Israel, Canada, Breaking News, Politics News
Jillian York

It was reported this morning that Iranian-Canadian blogger and activist Hossein Derakshan, known as the "Godfather of the Iranian blogosphere," was arrested in Tehran.

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