(2006-08-14) — As part of its ongoing crackdown on internal dissent, the Islamic Republic of Iran today briefly shut down a weblog recently launched by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Sources close to the Council of Guardians that oversees the government said the Ahmadinejad blog turned up on a Google search of Iranian-based blogs that mention the Iranian president, triggering the standard shut-down order.
A spokesman for Mr. Ahmadinejad said he fully supports the Council’s efforts “to ensure that public discourse is pure and unadulterated by unauthorized free speech.”
“The Council, as always, did the right thing,” according to a statement from the president’s office. “I’m just glad my blog is back online in time to receive the prophesied InstaLanche.”
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1 Old War Dogs // Aug 14, 2006 at 9:04 am
Ahmadinejad starts his own blog. Or not. (Updated and bumped)
Allah’s following it. Check back later for updates. *** Ed Morrissey: It’ll Have The Most Interesting Blogroll … *** Beth has more at MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. *** Update and bump. Original timestamp 2006.08.13.14:28Iran Cracks Down on Iranian…
2 Barking Moonbat Early Warning System // Aug 14, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Look Who's Blogging
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4 Chris At Home // Aug 14, 2006 at 2:37 pm
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6 Sharon Hughes // Aug 18, 2006 at 4:25 am
Iran’s Prez Ahmadinejad Gets His Own Blog - But Shut Down by Own Gov’t!
The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejd, started his own blog, posting a very long entry about himself, only to have it shut down by his own ‘internet police.’!No joke! Here’s his blog’s LINK.Once there you may need to click on the little American
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