[Mb-civic] Iran Attempts to Pull Plug on Web Dissidents

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Iran Attempts to Pull Plug on Web Dissidents 
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About 20 online journalists and bloggers have been jailed. Some say they were tortured and forced to publicly denounce their work.

By Megan K. Stack
Times Staff Writer

January 24 2005

TEHRAN — The criminal seems younger than his 25 years. He is the quiet type, shy and lanky, peering solemnly through octagonal glasses. He has no weapons, not in the traditional sense. 

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