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{{short description|Iranian blogger and writer (born 1980)}}{{Infobox person
| name = Mojtaba Saminejad
| image = Saminejad01.jpg
| caption = Mojtaba Saminejad at Azad University, in handcuffs, to sit his exams (January 2006)
| native_name = مجتبی سمیعنژاد
| native_name_lang = fa
| other_names = Madyar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|09|30}}
| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
| nationality = Iranian
| occupation = Web blogger, publisher, writer
| website = http://www.madyariran.net/
}}
'''Mojtaba (Madyar) Saminejad''' ({{langx|fa|مجتبی سمیع نژاد}}, born 30 September 1980 in [[Tehran]]) is an [[Iranian blogs|Iranian blogger]] and [[List of Iranian writers|writer]]. He studied [[journalism]] at the Central Tehran Branch of [[Islamic Azad University]].
He is the president of Shahr-e Khorshid publications ({{langx|fa|انتشارات شهر خورشید}}) and editor of ''Ferdowsi'' magazine.
==Activities==
As a student, Saminejad was a writer and blogger. In 2004 [[Reporters sans frontières|Reporters Without Borders]] listed his as one of the ''Best blogs defending freedom of expression''.
Saminejad's initial arrest on November 1, 2004,<ref name=fmsb20050605>{{cite web |title=Mojtaba sentenced to 2 years imprisonment |publisher=Free Mojtaba Saminejad blog |date=2005-06-05 |url=https://en-mojtaba-samienejad.blogspot.com/2005/06/mojtaba-sentenced-to-2-years.html |accessdate=2009-07-17}}</ref> followed the publication on his blog of the arrests of three other bloggers. He was released on bail on January 27, 2005,<ref name=rsf20050131>{{cite web |title=Blogger Mojtaba Saminejad freed |publisher=[[Reporters sans frontières|Reporters Without Borders]] |date=2005-01-31 |url=http://www.rsf.org/Blogger-Mojtaba-Saminejad-freed.html |accessdate=2009-07-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922070504/http://www.rsf.org/Blogger-Mojtaba-Saminejad-freed.html |archivedate=September 22, 2009 }}</ref> relaunched his blog at a new address. It was promptly re-arrested on February 12, 2005. His bail was doubled to $125,000, which he could not pay.<ref name="rsf20060124">{{cite web |title=Jailed blogger taken to sit university exams in handcuffs |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |date=2006-01-24 |url=http://www.rsf.org/Jailed-blogger-taken-to-sit.html |accessdate=2009-07-17}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
He was charged with "insulting the prophets" (punishable by the [[death penalty]] under Article 512 of the Iranian Islamic [[penal code]]), "endangering national security", and "insulting the [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]]" (the [[head of state]] of Iran).
On June 2, 2005, he was found guilty of "insulting the Supreme Leader", and sentenced to two years imprisonment by Judge Saadat of Revolutionary Court 13.<ref name="fmsb20050605 " /> On June 28, 2005, he was found not guilty of "insulting the prophets". One month later he was sentenced to an extra ten months in prison for incitement to "immorality".<ref name=rsf20060124 /><ref name=ap20060329>{{cite web |author=Lara Sukhtian |author-link=:ar:لارا فيصل |agency=Associated Press |title=Iran Hard-Line Regime Cracks Down on Blogs |publisher=Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan – International Relations |date=2006-03-29 |url=http://www.pdki.org/articles1-444-73.htm |accessdate=2009-07-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721074301/http://www.pdki.org/articles1-444-73.htm |archivedate=2011-07-21}}</ref>
During his arrest, Saminejad was allegedly held in solitary confinement for 88 days and subjected to beatings and [[torture]].<ref name=bbc20050221>{{cite news |author=Clark Boyd |title=The price paid for blogging Iran |work=BBC News |date=2005-02-21 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4283231.stm |accessdate=2009-07-17}}</ref>
He was taken in handcuffs to sit his exams at Tehran's Azad University on 21 January 2006.<ref name=ifex>{{cite web |title=Jailed blogger taken to sit university exams in handcuffs |publisher=[[International Freedom of Expression Exchange|IFEX]] |date=2006-01-26 |url=http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/71835 |accessdate=2009-07-17}}</ref>
After 21 months, on September 13, 2006 he was released from prison and started blogging again. He also works with an Iranian human-rights group, Human Rights Activists in Iran, which gathers information about how Iranians are repressed.<ref name=lede20090717>{{cite web |title=Latest Updates on Post-Election Protests in Iran |author=Robert Mackey and Azadeh Ensha |work=New York Times |date=2009-07-17 |url=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/latest-updates-on-post-election-protests-in-iran/ |accessdate=2009-07-17}}</ref>
In 2009 he signed an open letter of apology posted to [[Iranian.com]] along with 266 other Iranian academics, writers, artists, journalists about the Iranian [[persecution of Baháʼís]].<ref>{{cite news |title=We are ashamed! |publisher=Iranian.com |date=2009-02-04 |url=http://www.iranian.com/main/2009/feb/we-are-ashamed}}</ref>
==Works==
* '''Fiction'''
** 2004 ''Ambiguous People'' ({{langx|fa|آدم های مبهم}}), a short [[Surrealism|surreal]] story in [[Persian language|Persian]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}
==Awards and honors==
* 2004 – ''Best blogs defending freedom of expression'' (Reporters Without Borders)
==See also==
* [[Iranian blogs]]
* [[Human rights in Islamic Republic of Iran]]
==References==
<references />
==External links==
* [http://www.madyariran.net/ Mojtaba Saminejad's current blog] {{in lang|fa}}
* [https://man-namanam.blogspot.com/ Saminejad's former blog]
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[[Category:Iranian bloggers]]
[[Category:Iranian journalists]]
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch alumni]]
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