Nathan points to this interesting paper on the structure and topics of the Iranian blogosphere. I've not yet had time to read it, but wanted to pull out this visualization for starters.
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Hmm. That's quite a lump of secular/reformist blogs there. Perhaps the rumors of Iran being fundamentalist to the core were a bit exaggerated. It's probably the same thing as in the US: http://www.lukecole.com/Electoral%20Maps/Maps10.htm, the dumb are electing the dumb.
Posted by: Anon | April 09, 2008 at 01:34 PM
Iran is a parliamentary system, using single-member districts. So, while there may be a large secular majority in the country, if it's not evenly distributed throughout the country, the government will be more conservative.
Posted by: Prolific Programmer | April 09, 2008 at 03:15 PM