Hossein Derakhshan
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 49 |
Date of birth | January 7,1975 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Tehran |
Iran | |
Employer | Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy |
Criminal penalty | 19½ years in prison |
Criminal status | Pardoned |
Known for | blogging in Iran |
Job | Journalist |
Blogger | |
Education | SOAS University of London |
Shahid Beheshti University | |
University of Toronto - St. George Campus | |
University of Toronto | |
Official site | hoder.com |
Crimin penalti | 19½ years in prison |
Crimin status | Pardoned |
Nationality | Canadian |
Iranian | |
Affiliations | Harvard University |
Interests | Social Theory |
Platforms | |
Sound | |
Information Disorder | |
Journalism | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 537802 |
Hossein Derakhshan Life story
Hossein Derakhshan, also known as Hoder, is an Iranian-Canadian blogger, journalist, and researcher who was imprisoned in Tehran from November 2008 to November 2014. He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging by many journalists.