Iran Cracks Down on Iranian President’s Blog
As only Scott Ott could report:
(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.”
Well, he’s still not getting on our blogroll…
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