About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Hossein Derakhshan Archive
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Iranian blogging pioneer temporarily released from prison
Posted on December 9, 2010 | No CommentsI just filed this latest update to the ongoing Hoder saga. Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan was temporarily released from a Tehran prison, after having been incarcerated for 26 months, according to a report Thursday on Mashregh News, a conservative Iranian news website. The site was... -
Joint French-Canadian statement in support of Hossein Derakhshan
Posted on October 20, 2010 | No CommentsJoint Declaration by Canada and France (No. 341 – October 20, 2010 – 1:15 p.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, and Bernard Kouchner (pictured), Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of France, made the following statement today concerning Canadian-Iranian... -
UK Minister for Europe David Lidington speaks out for Hossein Derakhshan
Posted on September 30, 2010 | No CommentsAs per the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s website, David Lidington has spoken out against the arrest of Hossein Derakhshan. -
My audio portrait of Hossein Derakhshan (Nov. 2009)
Posted on September 30, 2010 | No CommentsOver all that’s been going on with Hossein Derakhshan lately, I thought I would repost this audio portrait that I did of him for the MediaShift website back in November 2009. You can listen to it here (it’s around 19 minutes long): -
Canadian FM Lawrence Cannon on Hossein Derakhshan’s jail sentence
Posted on September 28, 2010 | 1 CommentI emailed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa and received this statement back from Melissa Lantsman, on behalf of Canada’s Foreign Minister, Lawrence Cannon. “We are deeply concerned about the news of this severe sentence. Our officials continue to seek confirmation of these reports... -
Hossein Derakhshan sentenced to 19.5 years in prison
Posted on September 28, 2010 | 7 CommentsA conservative Persian news website, Mashregh News, is reporting that Iranian-Canadian blogging pioneer Hossein Derakhshan has been found guilty of “conspiring with hostile governments, disseminating anti-Islamic propaganda, disseminating anti-revolutionary propaganda, blasphemy, annd operating and managing obscene pornography websites.” He is ordered to serve 19.5 years... -
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë speaks out for Hossein Derakhshan
Posted on September 23, 2010 | 1 CommentThe mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, released a statement (in French) today in support of Hossein Derakhshan. I have translated it below to the best of my ability. —BEGIN ENGLISH TRANSLATION— I have learned with dismay and the utmost concern that the death penalty was... -
Hossein Derakhshan’s mother speaks
Posted on September 22, 2010 | 5 CommentsEditor’s Note: This is a English translation of an interview originally done in Persian by Kamtarin, published on September 21, 2010. I did not translate this interview myself, nor have I been in direct contact with Kamtarin nor Ozra Kiarashpour, Hossein’s mother, but my Derakhshan... -
Canadian government response to Derakhshan case
Posted on September 21, 2010 | 5 CommentsHello Cyrus, Here is the comment I can provide at this time: Since learning of Hossein Derakhshan’s arrest in November 2008, DFAIT officials have been in contact with Iranian authorities, including by diplomatic note and through high level meetings, to seek consular access. Iran does... -
Hossein Derakhshan awaiting sentencing
Posted on September 20, 2010 | 6 CommentsA member of Hossein "Hoder" Derakhshan's family has confirmed to me that he is awaiting a sentence in his trial in Tehran, and that the prosecutor is seeking the death penalty.
