Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from March, 2009
Iran:Heshmat Saran,a political prisoner died
Several Iranian blogs including Eshterak reported[fa] that Amir Heshmat Saran,a political prisoner died in the city of Karaj.The blogger adds he was beaten up by security guards and did not receive necessary medical care.
Iran:”Basij Blogs just an illusion”
Mohammad Masih, in weblogshahr writes [fa] that the news about launching 10,000 Basij blogs by Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ weekly magazine, is just an illusion. He adds that many Hezbollah (Islamist) bloggers have been active for years without having links to official organizations.
A Brazilian journalist in search of Iranian bloggers
Raul Juste Lores is a Brazilian journalist and Beijing Bureau Chief of Folha de Sao Paulo. He has recently taken a trip to Tehran, where he met and interviewed several Iranian bloggers and civil society personalities such as the Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi. Discover his motivations in this post.
