Iran Jails Dissident Journalist in Crackdown – NYTimes.com

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Dissident Iranian Journalist Is Jailed in a Continued Crackdown

The journalist, Emadoldin Baghi, was jailed for six years for offenses that also include “colluding to commit against national security.”

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/world/asia/23tehran.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

A day after Iran’s president defended his country’s record in permitting criticism, opposition Web sites reported on Wednesday that the second dissident Iranian journalist in less than a week had been incarcerated on charges including “propaganda against the state.”