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Yesterday, I was invited to the 2nd reformists’ Persian bloggers meetup , hosted by Doctor Mostafa Moeen, Persian politician who was one of the candidates in previous Iranian Presidental Election in June 2005, The election that led to victory of Mahmood Ahmadi Nejad, current Iranian president . Dr.Moeen was candidate of reformists’ parties and was supported by most of Iranian students, [modern] women and bloggers, Eventhough he was unable to reach to presidental chair , he continued his meetings with his supporter bloggers till now.

As a supporter it was the second time that I was invited to the meeting , The last time, I was unable to go because of some conflicts in my plans , but today I was lucky enough to meet so many other great persian bloggers. By my estimations , There were 40 people in the meeting which was held in an office located in Tehran downtown and lasted near 3 hours.

Well, meeting people , most of them writing with their virtual names was very exciting, most of topics discussed in the meeting were about Iran nuclear program and IAEA watchdog reaction, Internet filtering inside Iran and bloggers rights and effects on society.

Most of the bloggers were university students and journalists in ages between 18-25. so many popular bloggers were invited like h.mazrooi , alpr and farnaaz. It was very intimated and full of points discussion. It was very obvious that most of the people there were againts Iranian government official foriegn politics and social rules, and they want democtratic reforms in politics and society.

People outside Iran usualy can not see this group of Iranians, and they judge Iranians through their government’s actions, But I get very proud when I see these high level discussions held inside Iran by young and active persians and I get proud when I see many other Iranian modern youth who we can count on to reach a free and democratic Iran. I can’t say that I have a good politic view so I can not expect myself as one of them , The main reason I was there was my efforts on Moeen Supports webring and some other technical assistants I made through Iranian ‘05 election for Dr.Moeen supporter bloggers.