President Obama's message to Iran is being praised by the media for its forward looking approach to relations with Iran. Unfortunately, at least one Iranian blogger did not have the inspiring opportunity to hear it:
A young Iranian blogger jailed in Tehran's notorious Evin prison for insulting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said that although there is not yet an official report about the death on Wednesday of Omid Mir Sayafi, "officials in the prison said that he committed suicide."
And what horrible crime did the 25 year old commit to be imprisoned under conditions worse than say, Guantanamo?
The blogger, aged around 25, was sentenced in February to 30 months in jail for insulting Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic. Iran has launched a crackdown on bloggers and Internet users deemed to be hostile to the authorities and their Islamic values.
Busy condemning Israel for defending itself against rockets continuing to fall on Israeli schools, hospitals and other civilian sites and the U.S. for detaining prisoners in Guantanamo under conditions infinitely better than in Iran, none of the various 'human rights organizations' have made any comments about the Iranian blogger's death or this Iranian crackdown.
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