In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “iranian journalist and weblogger”. Today it says “iranian-canadian blogger”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Hossein Derakhshan (حسين درخشان in Persian ) (born January 7 , 1975 ), also known as Hoder , is an Iranian journalist and weblogger , based in Toronto .1His weblog is among the most-read weblogs in the Persian language. He started journalism by writing about the Internet on a popular reformist newspaper, Asr-e Azadegan . Later, when the paper was closed down by the judiciary system , he moved to another newspaper, namely Hayat-e No , in which he kept writing on the same topic. The column, which was called Panjere-i roo be hayaat (A Window to the Yard), with reference to Alfred Hitchcock 's Rear Window ), later expanded to a weekly page on technology and the Internet. In December, 2000 , he moved to Toronto , Canada , where on September 25 , 2001 , he started his weblog in the Persian language , using Unicode . It was titled Sardabir: khodam (Editor: Myself). The guide proved so successful that in one month, more than one hundred Persian weblogs emerged. As of 2001 , he is also a contributor to the Persian section of BBC World Service .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010 8 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Hossein Derakhshan Hossein Derakhshan ( ; born January 7, 1975), also known as Hoder , is an Iranian blogger .He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called by many journalists as the father of Persian blogging.He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Hossein Derakhshan ( ; born January 7, 1975), also known as Hoder , is an Iranian-Canadian blogger who was imprisoned in Tehran from November 2008 to November 2014.He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging by many journalists. He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran. Derakhshan was arrested on November 1, 2008 and sentenced to 19½ years in prison on September 28, 2010.His sentence was reduced to 17 years in October 2013.He was pardoned by Iran's supreme leader and on November 19, 2014 was released from Evin prison."Document - Iran: Incommunicado detention/ fear of torture or other ill-treatment/ possible prisoner of conscience: Hossein Derakhshan (m)" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Hossein Derakhshan ( ; born January 7, 1975), also known as Hoder , is an Iranian-Canadian blogger, journalist, and researcher who was imprisoned in Tehran from November 2008 to November 2014. He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging by many journalists. He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran. Derakhshan was arrested on November 1, 2008 and sentenced to 19½ years in prison on September 28, 2010. His sentence was reduced to 17 years in October 2013. He was pardoned by Iran's supreme leader and on November 19, 2014 was released from Evin prison . "Document - Iran: Incommunicado detention/ fear of torture or other ill-treatment/ possible prisoner of conscience: Hossein Derakhshan (m)" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan ( ; born January 7, 1975), also known as Hoder , is an Iranian-Canadian blogger, journalist, and researcher who was imprisoned in Tehran from November 2008 to November 2014. He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging by many journalists. He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran. Derakhshan was arrested on November 1, 2008 and sentenced to 19½ years in prison on September 28, 2010. His sentence was reduced to 17 years in October 2013. He was pardoned by Iran's supreme leader and on November 19, 2014 was released from Evin prison . "Document - Iran: Incommunicado detention/ fear of torture or other ill-treatment/ possible prisoner of conscience: Hossein Derakhshan (m)" . "Hossein's sentence reduced to 17 years" . 16 October 2013.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan ( Persian : حسين درخشان ; born January 7, 1975), also known as Hoder , is an Iranian-Canadian blogger, journalist, and researcher who was imprisoned in Tehran from November 2008 to November 2014. He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging by many journalists. He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran. Derakhshan was arrested on November 1, 2008 and sentenced to 19½ years in prison on September 28, 2010. His sentence was reduced to 17 years in October 2013. He was pardoned by Iran's supreme leader and on November 19, 2014, was released from Evin prison . "Document - Iran: Incommunicado detention/ fear of torture or other ill-treatment/ possible prisoner of conscience: Hossein Derakhshan (m)" . "Hossein's sentence reduced to 17 years" . 16 October 2013.
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iranian journalist and weblogger
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iranian-canadian blogger
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