NEWS: Iran to Put Blogger on Trial

I was taken to a room down a long corridor and told to sit down. A fat hand with an agate stone ring set an interrogation form in front of me. Then he began asking about my Web log, which has hyperlinks on it to Western feminist groups.

"Do you accept the charges?" the interrogator asked.

"What charges?"

"That you have written things in your Web log that go against the Islamic system and that encourage people to topple the system," he said. "You are inviting corrupt American liberalism to rule Iran."

"I've tried to write my ideas and opinions in my Web log and to communicate with others in Farsi all over the world," I said.

He was displeased.

"These answers will lead us nowhere, and you will stay here for years. Tell us the truth. How much have you received to write these offenses against the Islamic state? How are you and your fellow Web loggers organized?"

How should I respond? I knew my mother must be terribly worried about me. What could I say to make sure I got out?

"We are not organized against the state," I said. "I write because I want to criticize the system. There are some things in our state that should be corrected." "Why don't you write an e-mail directly to the supreme leader's office?" he asked. "The supreme leader considers all criticisms and takes corrective actions."

"I hadn't thought about that," I said. This was nonsense, of course, but I saw an opening. "From now on, I will write directly to the supreme leader and stop writing in my Web log."

"It is too late for that," he said.

theseeman said:

That she divulged information so easily is both sad and a testament to how little chance of escape there is in Iran. She knew it would get worse. Still at least hold out until they hit you once. Or is that just a romantic ignorance in the face of invitability?

MissMandy said:
I GUESS THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO INVADE, HUH MICHAEL?

This would be a good addition to your portfolio for when you apply to Fox news.

theseeman said:any military interaction with Iran wuld take the form of surgical strikes to disable thier nuclear program or air support of pro western factions in a general civil war.

sadisticmika said:
but isn't there a lesson to be learned from "The Satanic Verses"... probably one of the best books written in my life time.