A Bloggers Murder In Iran Is Stirring A 'Political Hornet's Nest'
Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti pictured with his mother before his death in custody. The Guardian
Blogger's Death Stirs Political Hornet's Nest In Iran -- Reuters
(Reuters) - There was little about Sattar Beheshti that made him stand out in a working-class suburb south of Tehran called Robat Karim.
Like many of his peers, the 35-year-old laborer was devout and lived at home with his mother. But his life changed when he started a blog called "My Life for Iran" last year.
His entries often focused on the struggles of the working class as well as the political restrictions in Iran, sometimes mixed with personal anecdotes from Beheshti's daily life.
As months passed, the tone on the blog became sharper and more political, with unveiled criticism of the establishment and even the Supreme Leader, a red line in the Islamic Republic.
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My Comment: This case illustrates the power of social media and the web as well as revealing why the Iranian theocracy is afraid of it. The web may not change the government in Iran, but it is revealing its crimes that future generations will be able to look at and make a judgement on .... a prospect that Iranian government officials (for their own reasons) do not want to see happen.
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