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[[Image:Mojtaba-Saminejad.jpg|thumb|Mojtaba Saminejad at university in handcuffs]]

'''Mojtaba Saminejad''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: مجتبی سمیع نژاد, born [[28 December]], [[1980]] in [[Tehran]]) is an [[Iranian blogs|Iranian blogger]] and [[List of Iranian writers|writer]]. He is currently studying [[journalism]] in [http://www.iauctb.ac.ir Islamic Azad University of Tehran (Central Unit)].

Also, he is the president of shahr-e khorshid publications ([[Persian language|Persian]]: انتشارات شهر خورشید).

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He was initially arrested in November [[2004]]. He was released on bail on [[January 27]], [[2005]] but re-arrested on [[February 12]], [[2005]] because the bail condition was doubled and he could not pay it.

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According to his supporters, the reason for '''Saminejad's''' arrest was the publication on his blog of the arrests of three other bloggers.

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According to the official charges, he was suspected of having ''insulted the [[head of state]] of Iran (the [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]])'', of ''endangering national security'' and of having ''insulted the prophets''.

He was found ''guilty'' on the charge of having insulted the Supreme Leader and sentenced to two years and ten months' imprisonment. On [[June 28]], [[2005]], he was found ''not guilty'' of the charge of ''insulting the prophets'' (punishable by the [[death penalty]] under Article 512 of the Iranian ''Islamic [[penal code]]'').

During his arrest, '''Mojtaba Saminejad''' has allegedly been held in solitary confinement for 88 days and subjected to beatings and [[torture]].

Finally, after 21 months, on [[September 13]], [[2006]] he was released from prison.

==Works==

*'''Fiction'''

**2004 '''Ambigusous People''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: آدم های مبهم).A short [[Surrealism|Surreal]] story in [[Persian language|persian]].

== Awards and honors ==

*2004 - '''Best blogs defending freedom of expression''' [http://www.rsf.org/blog-awards-en.php3]

==See also==

*[[Iranian blogs]]

*[[Human rights in Islamic Republic of Iran]]

==External links==

* [http://ghomaaar.blogspot.com Mojtaba Saminejad's Currnet blog] {{fa icon}}

* [http://man-namanam.blogspot.com Saminejad's former blog]

* [http://en-mojtaba-samienejad.blogspot.com/2005/06/mojtaba-sentenced-to-2-years.html Free Mojtaba Saminejad blog] {{en icon}}

* [http://committeetoprotectbloggers.blogspot.com/2005/02/more-details-on-mojtabas-arrest.html Committee to Protect Bloggers]

* [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11978 Saminejad released from jail] - [[Reporters sans frontières]]

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4283231.stm BBC News]

* [http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/71835 Saminejad writes exams in handcuffs] - [[IFEX]]

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