伊朗博客作者被判监禁-凯发k8官网

an iranian court has sentenced a prominent iranian-canadian blogger to more than 19 years in jail, rights groups and iranian media say.

伊朗媒体与人权组织称，一家伊朗法庭判处一位著名的伊朗裔加拿大博客作者19年监禁。

hossein derakhshan was charged with "propagating（传播，繁殖） against the regime" and "co-operating with hostile states".

mr derakhshan was arrested in 2008 during a visit to the country.

he is credited with launching iran's blogging revolution. originally critical of the government, he later backed president mahmoud ahmadinejad.

derakhshan was also sentenced for promoting counter-revolutionary groups, insulting islamic thought and religious figures and managing obscene（淫秽的） websites, mashreq news website reported.

¹ sources said he could appeal the ruling.

after moving to toronto, canada, from tehran in 2000, he posted simple instructions in farsi on how to publish blogs - thus ² to spark an explosion of blogging in iran.

he paid a highly-publicised visit israel - iran's arch-enemy - in 2006, saying he wanted to act as a bridge between the two countries.

pressure group the international campaign for human rights in iran called derakhshan "a prisoner of conscience, ³ and sentenced ⁴ for his opinions and writings".

the group says there are more than 500 prisoners of conscience（政治犯） in iranian jails.

iranian ⁵ bloggers continue to be active despite a government crackdown since disputed elections last year that saw president ahmadinejad re-elected.

opposition leaders said the election was rigged（操纵，控制） .