Iran 'Blogfather' Thanks 'His Holiness Ayatollah Khamenei' Following Prison ...
Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan has been released from prison after serving six years of his unprecedented 19 1/2-year prison sentence. Derakhshan, dubbed Iran's "blogfather" for his role popularizing the medium, on November 19 about his release and said that he had been pardoned by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. "I am free after six years. Thank You, God. Thank you, Your Holiness Ayatollah Khamenei," he wrote. Derakhshan said that he had been informed of Khamenei's decision after returning to Evin prison following a two-week prison leave ...
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