Apparently those who want to bring Democracy to Iran don’t know anything about Freedom of speech. Hossein Derakhshan, one of the first Iranian bloggers and also a long time critic of the Iranian government has received a legal notice from Mehdi Khalaji who is employed by the conservative Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Other than treating to file defamation charges if Hossein Derakhshan’s posts on Mehdi Khalaji are not removed, they are also asking for $10,000 to cover their legal fees. Here is one of the main posts that Khalaji’s lawyers want to be removed from Hoder.com:
Mehdi Khalaji is the only person on the planet who has indirectly worked for or given advice to both Khamanei’s office and Cheney’s in less than five years.
His recent work for the right-wing American think tanks and his shameful endorsement and help to American Foreign Policy Council’s disgusting anti-Iran campaign has made him the filthiest traitor I have ever seen in my life.
I love to see his face (and that of similar traitors such as Mohsen Sazegara, Ali Afshari and to some degree Akbar Ganji) when the U.S. has no choice but to finally accept that its time in the Middle East has passed. (Link)