Iran weblogger jailed for 'insulting' supreme leader
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TEHRAN - An Iranian weblogger arrested in a crackdown
against online dissent has been sentenced to two years behind bars
for "insulting the supreme leader" Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his
lawyer told AFP Monday.
Iran Focus Tehran, Iran, Oct. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to continue sensitive nuclear activities despite international pressure on Tehran to back down or face referral to the United Nations Security Council. Addressing worshippers during Tehran's Friday prayers, Khamenei said that the Iranian nation would never succumb to United States pressure and arrogance. "Our nation will not give up its absolute right under any circumstances", the Supreme Leader said.
Microsoft Mojtaba Saminejad "still faces charges of insulting the prophet
and spreading curruption, which could cost him more jail terms,"
lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh said.
Iran Focus Tehran, Iran, Mar. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Thursday that the Islamic Republic would push ahead with its nuclear program like "steel" despite having been referred to the United Nations Security Council, state media reported. Khamenei was addressing members of the Assembly of Experts, an exclusively clerical body that designates the country' powerful Supreme Leader.
Laptop Computers Seifzadeh said his client had been aquitted of acting against
national security and insulting the founder of the Islamic
republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He said he would appeal the
Revolutionary Court's verdict.
According to the indictment, Jones would steal various IBM and Penguin computer servers from Verisign's warehouse in Virginia and sell them to Johnson. Johnson would then sell the servers to several individuals, who would sometimes place them for sale on eBay. As a result of this scheme, the indictment alleges that Jones and Johnson caused Verisign to lose more than $120, 000 worth of computer equipment. In the indictment, Jones and Johnson are charged in three counts with causing the interstate transportation of stolen property, namely IBM 330 and 335 servers, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
Laptop Computer Saminejad, 25, was based in the clerical capital of Qom. His
weblog, or online diary, mainly dealt with sensitive religious and
political issues.
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Desktop Computer In Iran, questioning the absolute power of the supreme leader is
illegal.
Notebooks Jailed since September 2004, Saminejad was picked up along with
some 20 other Internet writers and technicians working for
pro-reform websites.
Lenovo The hardline judiciary decided to pursue charges against four of
those detained in the sweep.
Hard Drive Some of those arrested made detailed confessions to the
judiciary before publicly retracting them after their release. The
judiciary subsequently faced allegations of extracting the
confessions by duress.
Travelstar Since 2000, the judiciary has shut down scores of mostly
pro-reform newspapers and other publications in a crackdown that
has seen dozens of journalists arrested.
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