A couple weeks ago I saw a very interesting segment on Iran by the Discovery Channel.  I was shocked to learn that Iran has a huge population of bloggers.  Iranians are able to share their opinions and easily communicate via blogs.  This is very surprising because Iranian society is very repressive.  I did not expect blogging would be very popular.  According to the segment I saw, many younger Iranian women use blogging and the internet to flirt with men.  The internet can act has an outlet for a lot their repressed feelings. 

The Iranian government censors blog postings.  However, the sheer volume of blog posts allow many opinions and ideas to be expressed, before the government can censor them.  Blogs permit freedom of speech for a brief amount of time.  It will be interesting to see how blogging will affect Iranian society. 

There are some very interesting Iranian blogs at: http://blogsbyiranians.com/