Fariba Pajooh, an Iranian blogger, hoped to cover the US election.
Blogs bridge Iran-US gulf
Despite canceled trip, connections growing
Fariba Pajooh, an Iranian blogger, hoped to cover the US election.
TEHRAN - US officials took it as a quiet sign of good will: In October, the Iranian government gave permission to Iranian bloggers to travel to the United States to write about its presidential election. But minutes before the bloggers boarded the plane in Tehran, Iranian security officials reversed the decision, confiscating the bloggers' passports. (Full article: 1082 words)
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