{"id":3387,"date":"2010-12-09T06:29:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T14:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2010-12-09T06:29:35","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T14:29:35","slug":"iranian-blogging-pioneer-temporarily-released-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/09\/iranian-blogging-pioneer-temporarily-released-from-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian blogging pioneer temporarily released from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hoder\/367505933\/\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/98\/367505933_c8769f183b_d.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just filed this latest update to the ongoing <a href=\"http:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/category\/hossein-derakhshan\/\">Hoder <\/a>saga.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>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.<\/p>\n<p>The site was among the first to report Derakhshan&#8217;s conviction at the end of September on charges of &#8220;conspiring with hostile governments, disseminating anti-Islamic propaganda, disseminating anti-revolutionary propaganda, blasphemy, and operating and managing obscene pornography websites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The account was confirmed by a source close to the Derakhshan family, who wished to remain anonymous and said Derakhshan was &#8220;happy to be out,&#8221; adding &#8220;we have been pushing for this for months, especially after his trial, but it has always been refused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The same source also told Deutsche Welle that Derakhshan &#8220;will be out for a couple of days only,&#8221; and that the family had put up $1.5 million (1.3 million euros) worth of bail to ensure Derakhshan returns to prison when demanded by authorities.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/article\/0,,6312539,00.html\">More here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I 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. 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