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Iran: A conservative site was filtered

Written byFred Petrossian
Posted 13 August 2008 21:02 GMT

Alef, an Iranian conservative site, was filtered a few days ago. Several sites and blogs report that Alef site has published Iranian Minister of Interior's “fake” Ph.D certificate from Oxford where you can find many mistakes in English.

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  • Ian

    The Iranian government filters a lot of seemingly conservative, or pious Shia, blogs–it’s a strange phenomenon that doesn’t have a clear explanation. At least this one has a specific reason to attach to it.

    13 August 2008, 21:06 pm
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