Under Pressure Journalists & Nuclear Crisis · Global Voices
Fred Petrossian

Saminejad’s, jailed blogger, lawyer said court rejected their appeal and he is supposed to remain in prison for next ten months. ISNA, Iranian Students National Agency, has published this  news (Persian).
A hot issue in blogs is Seymour Hersh, investigative journalist, article and interviews that US may  bomb Iran by nuclear weapons to stop Iran's nuclear project.
Mr.Behi, an Iran based blogger, writes his feeling and thought about this story. Blogger says:
“I am starting to believe that we are living in a haphazard time of human history! Can still not be live what I hear about the talks of using nuclear weapons against Iran's nuclear sites! Hey, do you hear me? We are people down here! Can you understand that?
I just know that when US says something and EU calls it stupid and then UK says it is not probable, it will happen!
That is good way of leading the public, first you say “I will use nuclear weapons or it is a wide speculation” then everyone starts criticising the idea, and after a while you say “OK, OK I will only use the regular bombs” and everyone will be smiling ear to ear!”
Abtahi (Persian), reformist politician & blogger, talks about recent threats against journalists. According to Abtahi, Shargh, a reformist journal, editor says after finishing job at night nobody goes home alone. EtemadeMeli’s which is run by Mr.Karoubi, a reformist  cleric, has been attacked by a  Molotov cocktail. Abtahi says we can not do anything but at least we must write about these events.
Tajzadeh (Persian) considers US public opinion becomes ready for an attack to Iran. He says recent reports by Fox News shows 85 percent consider Iranian nuclear program has military objectives. He adds 16 percent believe Iran is an immediate danger for US and 40 percent considers a danger in near future.
Tajzadeh says Iranian government’s propaganda about Iranian missiles power and declaration that Israel must be wiped off from map, have united all major countries against Iranian nuclear program and now Iranian case is on United Nations Security Council’s desk.