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Wow! That could have been me! During the 2008 post-election protests and the beginning of the green movement, I aggregated all the images coming out of Iran into my personal flickr account. BIG-STUPID-MISTAKE! These were brutal, news breaking images .

Little did I know people and news organizations around the world were including these images in their articles, blogs, tweets etc and attributing me, and sometimes printing my full name as the original photographer. If you do a google search of my full name, you still come up with results like that (luckily not in the first page). I've tried unsuccessfully to get them removed.

Seeing what is happening to Malekpour, I don't think it's safe to go back. Not anytime soon

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And there are still people arguing that we should no longer go by anything other than our real names online (facebook I'm looking at you).

I think Facebook is arguing that you should no longer go by anything other than your real name on Facebook.

The problem being, of course, that other sites are using FB for logins. Granted, this is a problem only if you consent to it.

That's underselling, though.

No. We need to get rid of governments and courts like these. If we mask the problem we'll never solve it, and as long as governments and laws like these exist, we aren't safe.

The reason he is scheduled for execution is that he is not a Canadian citizen yet. Had he been, Iran would just have expelled him.

Tomjen3 that's the reason the Canadian gov't isn't able to get him out of Iran.

Hopefully Iran doesn't execute people for being in Canada. Although Saeed's case is so nonsensical that it almost seems that way.

That's not the case. Forfeiting Iranian citizenship is a fairly complicated process that ultimately requires permission from the uppermost levels of the Iranian Government as well as completing your national service. As long as he has Iranian citizenship, it's irrelevant whether he has a Canadian passport or not, it's a basic rule of international law that your country cannot (officially) provide you diplomatic assistance in another country where you're also a citizen.

I wouldn't bet on it. At least not before imprisonment, torture etc...

Being a Canadian citizen might bring more international attention.. but when you're born in Iran, have Social Security number and are required to travel to Iran with your Iranian Passport and not your Canadian passport.. they will do whatever they want.

It's like the Soviet Union there! crazy stuff...

what do you know about Soviet Union?

You'd be surprised... but I agree that the comment was useless - I just posted it right after my other comment.

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