According to Jahan News website, Iranian blogger, Hossein Derakhshan (aka Hoder), a prolific blogger often described as the godfather of the Iranian blogosphere, has been arrested In Tehran. Hossein returned to Iran about three weeks ago and is being investigated on suspicion of espionage for the state of Israel. According to the same source, Hossein seems to have admitted participating in spying activities for Israel. In January 2006, Hossein visited Israel as a Canadian citizen and blogged openly about his trip as breaking a major taboo:
This might mean that I won’t be able to go back to Iran for a long time, since Iran doesn’t recognize Israel, has no diplomatic relations with it, and apparently considers traveling there illegal. Too bad, but I don’t care. Fortunately, I’m a citizen of Canada and I have the right to visit any country I want. I’m going to Israel as a citizen journalist and a peace activist.
So far, the arrest of Hoder has not been confirmed by other news sources.
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What prompted him to return to Iran? Hope he is released soon!
posted on November 18th, 2008 at 3:25 pm - #14141[...] to Global Voices Advocacy, the active and highly visible Iranian blogger Hossein Derakshan (aka Hoder) has been arrested in [...]
posted on November 18th, 2008 at 3:47 pm - #14142you guys know so little about this guy!!He’s a well-known Iranian intelligence lackey and has you all miffed! He is a staunch supporter of Khomeini and Ahmadinejad who has blown the whistle on a number of Iranian human rights and civil activists resulting in their arrest and imprisonment. The news of his arrest is very suspect, don’t you think?
Additionally, the news of his arrest HAS been confirmed by the Iranian press: http://www.baztabonline.com/fa/pages/?cid=9540
posted on November 18th, 2008 at 6:35 pm - #14147Re Arash Sahami’s comment, I’d like to ask that he provide some evidence for these dangerous accusations. Hossein is a “well known intelligence lackey”? According to whom, Mr. Sahami? Do you have your own intelligence sources for any of these claims? One may not like his politics or tactics, but if hossein has been arrested, there is cause for worry, and all those who pretend to be human rights activists, and those who claim to work for justice, should be alarmed at this arrest and speak out against it.
posted on November 18th, 2008 at 11:18 pm - #14148Derkhshan is the most pro-mullah regime blogger out there…this news can not be real. It’s probably publicity stunt.
Derkhshan is not to be trusted and I won’t be surprised to find out that he is part of this set up. He needed a publicity really bad and his dad arranged it for him. I hope Americans’ will not fall for it.
posted on November 19th, 2008 at 3:37 am - #14149THIS GUY IS NO SPY FOR ISAREL–AU CONTRAIRE, HE PROBABLY SPIED ON THE ISRAELIS FOR THE MULLAHS. HIS BLOG IMPRESSED ME AS WRITTEN BY A MODERATE INTELLECT WHO IS EASIY INFLUENCED BY ANYTHING HE READS–FOR A WHILE HE WAS REGURGITATING FOUCAULT –AND OPENLY ESPOUSING ANTI-SEMITIC IDEAS ON HIS SITE–YOU NOW, THE JEWISH CONSPIRACY (AKA NEO-CONS)–DEFENDING AHMADI NEJAD’S USE OF THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION IN HIS UN SPEECH–IN SHORT, THIS HODER CHARACTER IS A REAL LOSER –BUT HE IS NO SPY, AT LEAST NOT FOR ISRAEL.
posted on November 19th, 2008 at 5:36 am - #14152[...] Hossein Derakhshan (courtesy of Global Voices Advocacy) [...]
posted on November 19th, 2008 at 8:58 am - #14154[...] Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan “arrested” In Tehran Sami Ben Gharbia Global Voices Advocacy: November 18, [...]
posted on November 19th, 2008 at 11:36 am - #14158What a Shame for Iran. He is one of the best intelligence of his country. I’ll try to do wathever i can to help him, from France… he was here in Paris few months ago, a crazy thing that something like this happens to someone like him.
posted on November 19th, 2008 at 4:21 pm - #14163[...] Blogger Hossein Derakshan (Hoder.com) ist im Iran verhaftet worden: Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan “arrested” In Tehran. Hossein ist vor einigen Jahren aus dem Iran nach Kanada ausgewandert und hat mittlerweile die [...]
posted on November 19th, 2008 at 7:08 pm - #14172[...] has expressed concern about the credibility of the newspaper reporting Hossein’s arrest. Sami Ben Gharbia, in posting about the arrest on the Global Voices Advocacy site, put “arrest” in quotation marks. Both Hamid and Sami are reading Persian-language [...]
posted on November 20th, 2008 at 1:41 am - #14173[...] Whitaker’s already over on Comment is Free, while the issue is also being picked up by Global Voices Online and on a dedicated Facebook [...]
posted on November 20th, 2008 at 3:42 am - #14174[...] blogs about Iranian Hoessein Deraskhshan’s arrest in Tehran in this post on Middle East Analyst. Global Voices Advocacy covered the story [...]
posted on November 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm - #14190[...] h/t: Global Voices Online [...]
posted on November 20th, 2008 at 6:56 pm - #14192[...] « Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan “arrested” In Tehran [...]
posted on November 20th, 2008 at 9:55 pm - #14194This infographic tell about a brave blogger that risks imprisonment by writing under my real name, that related to the Iranian ‘Blogfather’ Hossein Derakhshan.
this is the link of the Infographic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN9ZCMj7wRw
posted on November 21st, 2008 at 11:57 am - #14207[...] Blogger Hossein Derakshan (Hoder.com) ist im Iran verhaftet worden: Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan “arrested” In Tehran. Hossein ist vor einigen Jahren aus dem Iran nach Kanada ausgewandert und hat mittlerweile die [...]
posted on November 21st, 2008 at 1:02 pm - #14208What a fucking moron, stir up a hornets nest on both sides and try to hide behind his Canadian citizenship.
I hope they shoot the stupid jerk for being so arrogant!
posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 pm - #14234[...] Derselben Seite zufolge hat Derakhshan, der zuvor nach Israel gereist ist, eingestanden für dieses Land spioniert zu haben. Jahan News ist aber keine verlässliche Informationsquelle. Man findet keine seriöse Seite oder [...]
posted on November 23rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm - #14242[...] News, reported Hoder’s arrest last week. Following that announcement, Global Voices Advocacy picked up on the story (clearly putting “arrested” in quotes), prompting activists to contact major media [...]
posted on November 24th, 2008 at 11:36 pm - #14259[...] Beitrag erschien zuerst auf Global Voices. Die Übersetzung erfolgte durch Markus Lang, Teil des “Project Lingua“. Die [...]
posted on November 25th, 2008 at 4:13 am - #14265[...] Seite zufolge hat Derakhshan, der zuvor nach Israel gereist ist, eingestanden für dieses Land spioniert zu haben. Jahan News ist aber keine verlässliche Informationsquelle. Man findet keine seriöse [...]
posted on November 25th, 2008 at 4:13 am - #14266[...] Übersetzt von Markus Lang· engl. Originalartikel [...]
posted on December 7th, 2008 at 1:33 pm - #14411