US EditionAn Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader
- An Iranian writer, Hossein Shanbehzadeh, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for replying with a dot to a tweet by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on social media.
- His lawyer, Amir Raisian, plans to appeal the verdict, particularly against the pro-Israel allegation, as stated in Shargh Network.
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The activist responded with a single point to one of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's posts on the X social platform.
Hossein Shanbekhzadeh wrote a dotted tweet in response to a post by the country's supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The blogger's post garnered almost twice as many likes.
In May, he responded with a dot to a tweet by Ali Khamenei. A few weeks later, however, he was arrested and last week Iranian blogger and activist Hossein Shanbehzadeh was sentenced to twelve years in prison. His comment had received more likes on X than the post of the Supreme Iranian Guide, attracting the attention of users (and not only). The news was reported by Iran International, a Persian-language news channel based in London, and reporte…
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