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Hossein Derakhshan — known to those of us who have followed his career over the past decade by his old blog handle, Hoder — was at the cutting edge of using technology to circumvent Iranian oppression; he not only started one of the first Persian-language blogs, he provided step-by-step instructions that made it technically simple for others to do so. Ironically, he became something of a regime apologist in recent years, and became estranged from many of his former allies. Perhaps he thought this made it safe to visit Iran (he was based mainly in Toronto). It did not. He was arrested in 2008 visiting his family in Iran, and today was sentenced to 19.5 years in jail.
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Alan Brooks| 9.28.10 @ 8:49PM
Is there any doubt left that Ahmadinejad has to be sent to be with Saddam?
S.L. Toddard| 9.28.10 @ 9:48PM
Haha. I love that logic: "I feel so badly for those poor Iranians yearning for freedom. Time to bomb their cities into rubble and blow their wives and children into bloody chunks of meat!"
winston | 9.28.10 @ 10:07PM
He is a regime stooge. I don't feel sorry for him. He betrayed so many of us and stole money. I hope he rots in jail.