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
-
Hossein “Hoder” Derakhshan’s trial begins in Tehran
Posted on June 24, 2010 | 5 CommentsAfter many months of nearly no information about the status of Hossein Derakhshan, various Iranian websites and his family are reporting that his trial began on Wednesday in Tehran. Very little new information has been released beyond this fact, although I managed to get this... -
Cyrus on Al Jazeera English: The Listening Post – December 11 2009
Posted on December 11, 2009 | 1 CommentI was asked to contribute some material for Al Jazeera English’s The Listening Post to talk about Iranian bloggers. Apparently this aired today. Sorry that my head is a little cut off — I haven’t shot much video on my MacBook. -
GoDaddy renewed Hoder.com for one year “as a courtesy”
Posted on November 4, 2009 | 3 CommentsYesterday, on MetaFilter, readers figured out that Hoder.com was about to expire at the end of this month and they wanted to make sure that it stayed in Hossein Derakhshan’s name. Some had suggested that they wouldn’t allow the domain to be renewed until he... -
November 3: Cyrus on TVO’s Search Engine
Posted on November 3, 2009 | 1 CommentI had the honor of being interviewed (again!) by Jesse Brown on his TVO show, “Search Engine“, to provide an update on Hossein Derakhshan. As I mentioned yesterday, and as Jesse blogged, we’ve gotten a little more information since we recorded this podcast last week.... -
Hossein Derakhshan’s brother, Hamed, speaks out
Posted on November 2, 2009 | 27 CommentsYesterday was the one-year anniversary of the arrest of Hossein “Hoder” Derakhshan. I’ve been covering this issue on my blog and also for three media outlets: PRI’s The World, in a piece that aired on Wednesday, TVO’s Search Engine (in an episode airing tomorrow), and... -
April 27: Cyrus on CBC’s Search Engine
Posted on April 27, 2009 | 1 CommentI had the honor of being interviewed (again!) by Jesse Brown on his CBC show, “Search Engine“, to talk about Iranian blogging and to (again) provide an update on the Hossein Derakhshan situation. You can download the podcast here. -
Hossein Derakhshan was really arrested
Posted on December 9, 2008 | 2 CommentsSanam Dolatshahi, an Iranian blogger now living in Florida, says that the arrest of Hossein Derakhshan has been confirmed by his family in Tehran. The arrest has also been confirmed by a friend of the family’s, as quoted in today’sThe Globe & Mail. To be... -
Was Hossein Derakhshan really arrested in Tehran?
Posted on November 18, 2008 | 8 CommentsIranian-Canadian blogger Hossein “Hoder” Derakhshan may or may not have been arrested recently in Tehran. One Iranian site, Jahan News, is reporting that he has been — citing “reliable sources” — and up until now, that’s all we have. And yet, UPI, the Jerusalem Post,... -
Hossein’s libel case
Posted on December 9, 2007 | No CommentsHossein asked me to blog about his libel case. I don’t have much to say about it, other than what Ethan Zuckerman has already said: I’m not in a position to argue the veracity of many of the criticisms of Derakhshan by Iranian bloggers –...
