[3][5][6][7][8][9] Ghaderi also took a job with the Kalame website in order to cover the protest events at Hafte Tir Square and other election news.
[10] He then set up his own blog, called IRNA-ye maa, which became his outlet for the street protests and other stories for the 2009 presidential election that were not getting published by IRNA.
He was sentenced in January 2011 to four years in prison and 60 lashes on the charge of "propagation against the regime," "spreading falsehoods," "creating public anxiety".
[5] For the first two days in prison, he said he cried due to pain caused by several broken teeth — the result of a beating meted out when he was arrested at his home.
As of July 2014, at least 65 journalists, bloggers, and social media activists were held in Iran’s prisons on various charges related to their speech or writings.
[12] "These brave Iranians remind us of the vital role that journalists and writers play, regardless of the risks to their lives and careers, in exposing or speaking out against oppression," said Emma Daly for Reporters Without Borders.