Canadian-Iranian blogger may be executed

Hossein Derakhshan is an Iranian who moved to Canada and became a blogger. His on-line publication, sometimes critical, sometimes supportive of Tehran, taught Iranians, domestic and ex-patriate, how to blog in Persian. In 2006 as a Canadian citizen he visited Israel. In 2008 he returned to Iran and was arrested. Now he faces a possible death penalty ... more.

Update:  For “conspiring with hostile governments, spreading propaganda against the Islamic system, spreading propaganda in favor of counterrevolutionary groups, blasphemy, and creating and managing obscene Web sites,” an Iranian court has sentenced Mr. Derakhshan to 19.5 years in jail ... more.