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Iran: Blogger Arrested in Earthquake Zone

Written byFred Petrossian

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Posted 27 August 2012 15:34 GMT

Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, an Iranian blogger, his father and several volunteers who had gone to East Azarbaijan province to help earthquake‘s victims were arrested [fa] by security forces last week. Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was previously released on a $500,000 bail in July 2012.

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