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Ex-president of Iran calls Facebook ‘a blessing’: report

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Facebook is a “blessing” that helps freedom-seeking movements challenge tyranny, a former president of Iran — which routinely blocks access to the social networking site — was quoted as saying in a report by the ISNA news agency. “We see that a Facebook page costing nothing can outstrip several television…

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Daughter of Iranian ex-president on trial for anti-regime ‘propaganda’

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TEHRAN — The daughter of Iranian former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is standing trial on charges of making anti-regime propaganda, her lawyer was quoted as saying on Sunday after a closed hearing. “After the court told her about her accusation of propaganda against the regime, she and I gave our…

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