Iran's Supreme Leader frees pioneering Iranian "Blogfather" -media
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday pardoned Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan after six years in prison for spreading propaganda, insulting Islam and cooperating with hostile countries, Iranian media said. Iranian bloggers credit Derakhshan - a journalist in Tehran before moving to Toronto in 2000 - with launching a blogging revolution in the Islamic Republic by publishing instructions on the subject in Farsi. A U.N. General Assembly committee on Tuesday adopted a resolution condemning Iran's human rights ...
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