TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- An activist known as the "blogfather" of Iran has finally been released from prison in his homeland after six years.
Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan has been pardoned by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. He was arrested in 2008 on suspicion of spying for Israel, then sentenced to 19 years for spreading propaganda, insulting Islam and co-operating with hostile powers.