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We Are Iran:
The Persian Blogs

By Nasrin Alavi
April 2006

From top to bottom three bloggers located in Tehran, Iran: feminist writer Parastoo Dokoohaki (www.parastood.com); web designer Payam Parsinejad (www.tafteh.ws); and Muslim cleric and former government minister Mohammad Ali Abtahi (www.webneveshteha.com). None of the Iranians pictured on these pages are quoted in this excerpt.

all photos: ramin talaie/document iran

© Ramin Talaie

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