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Iranian Bloggers Arrested

Posted by michael on from the do-not-blog-do-not-pass-go dept.

XeRXeS-TCN writes "Reuters is reporting that Iranian authorities have arrested at least six Internet journalists and webloggers in recent days, who face charges of 'propagating against the regime, acting against national security, disturbing the public mind and also insulting religious sanctities.'"

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  1. woohoo! by nocomment · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we have 6 people in Iran who wish the we (US) would invade. Won't be long now.

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  2. The only surprise... by DesScorp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...is that the regime waited this long to crack down on the bloggers. Expect much, much worse to come. Hey, after all, this is the regime that executed a teenage girl for the crime of making smartassed comments to religous authorities.

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