Editing Blogging in Iran (section)

===2003===
* 31 March - Persianblog service lists its weblog updates in the global weblogs.com directory. [[Dave Winer]], names Iran a hot place for weblogs.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://scripting.com/2003/04/02.html |title= Dave Winer announces addition of persian weblogs to weblogs.com}}</ref>
* 20 April - [[Sina Motallebi]], journalist and blogger is arrested.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/61261 | title = Three journalists transferred to notorious "special wing" of Evin prison; exiled journalist's father arrested | work = [[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]] | date = 2004-09-14 | access-date = 2009-03-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070310212004/http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/61261 | archive-date = 2007-03-10 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* 26 September - Cafe Blog opens in northern [[Tehran]].
* 24 November - [[Mohammad-Ali Abtahi]], then Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, starts Webnevesht, the first blog by a member of the Iranian cabinet.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/world/asia/11blog.html?em&ex=1197522000&en=304e78e9e511aa10&ei=5087%0A | title = From Iran's Fiery Leader, a Slightly Tamer Blog  | first = Nazila | last = Fathi | date = 2007-12-11 | work=The New York Times | access-date = 2009-03-18 }}</ref>