Iranian Blogosphere Tests Government’s Limits

Mehrangiz Kar discusses the blogs of Iran, her native country. — The New York Times
**Iranian Blogosphere Tests Government’s Limits (Published 2008)**
**Neil MacFarquhar** • 4/6/2008
Iran’s blogs mirror the erratic, fickle and often startling qualities of life in the Islamic republic itself.

heads up: this is a pretty old post, it may be outdated.

Thu Apr 10 2008

Like women who inch their head scarves back to see how much hair they can show or people who flout the ban on alcohol by drinking at home, bloggers seem to be testing just how far they can push. And, like Iran’s other rule breakers, some pay a price.

—Iranian Blogosphere Tests Government’s Limits - New York Times

Blogging from Iran is … challenging. The Iranian judicial system is divided into two. The first is essentially a criminal court, they try things like murder or theft. The second is a religious court which can try … anything that is declared to be against the Islamic state of Iran.

It's a dangerous place to test the limits.