Iranian Weblogs

Posted on February 21st, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Articles on Iranian webloggers.

In a country where free speech has price, Iranian bloggers are having a bonanza – and the hardliners have begun to take notice.

Words are weapons for Iranian bloggers – (United Press International)

But not only the critics are using internet:

Blogging might not sound an appropriate hobby for a senior Iranian government official, particularly one who is a Muslim cleric.
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Mohammad Ali Abthai has turned the practice of writing Internet journals, or (we) blogging, into a powerful tool against the reformist government�s hardline foes and a means to reach out to the country�s disenchanted youth.


Khaleej Times Online: Iranian clerics blogs for free expression.

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