#iranelection

For this blog, I was instructed to find a linked article from a twitter post marked with #iranelection.  Although the real Iran election is long gone, the tag is still popular for marking things going on in Iran that may seem unfair or unjust.  Now, foolish me didn't realize that there was a difference between #iranelection and #iranelections, so I spent quite a while looking for decent links on a barely-used tag.  But now that I realize that we're supposed to be using #iranelection, i've found plenty of useful, recent links that I could talk about.  The most interesting (and posted about) issue is on the two American hikers that were captured in Iran. Here is the link to the article that I read-

http://t.co/KzNSQV6

Apparently, Iran is pardoning the two hikers and dropping all of the "required bail" and things like that that were initially imparted.  Originally, there was a $500,000 bail for each of the two men; that or eight years in prison in Iran.  But now, due to "unknown" reasons, Iran is dropping all charges of espionage and illegal entry and letting the hikers go free.

This story is yet another example of what can happen in a dysfunctional country with dysfunctional governmental agencies.