The horror - bloggers being tortured - sounds like something out of bad SF.

Here is the link to the site referenced in the cartoon

decided to translate Abtahi's latest blog entry from Persian into English because I believe it is one of the most important actions that he (as part of Khatami's government) has taken during the past 8 years. Abtahi, as the ex VP in Parliamental Affairs, and a member of the Constitutional Supervision Committee, has published some details of interrogation and torture that has happened in prisons, and I'm sure by doing so he is seeking public and international attention to this subject. It is very important to let the world, the media, and human rights organisations hear about it. FYI Abtahi is the only Iranian government official who blogs daily in his famous personal weblog Webneveshteha. (apologies for my poor command of English, this is going to be a quick translation