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Hossein Derakhshan Released from Prison

Written byFarid
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Posted 22 November 2014 12 years ago

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, on Thursday pardoned the jailed blogger Hossein Derakhshan after his six years.Derakhshan thanked God, Khamenei and his family on his Google Plus page.

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