# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hossein-derakhshan
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:34:06.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hossein-derakhshan"
name: "Hossein Derakhshan"
slug: "hossein-derakhshan"
description: "Hossein Derakhshan, also known as Hoder, is an Iranian-Canadian blogger, journalist, and researcher who was imprisoned in Tehran from November 2008 to November 2014. He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called the father of Persian blogging by many journalists. He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran. Derakhshan was arrested on November 1, 2008 and sentenced to 19½ years in prison on September 28, 2010. His sentence was reduced to 17 years in October 2013. He was pardoned by Iran's supreme leader and on November 19, 2014, was released from Evin prison."
tagline: "Iranian-Canadian blogger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Re_publica_faces_2019_(32858498157).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1975-01-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.5
  momentum:             1.100141043723554
  historical:           11.16166533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/h0d3r"
    handle:    "h0d3r"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "حسين درخشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hossein Derakhshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Derakhshan"
    title: "Hossein Derakhshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Derakhshan"
    title: "Hossein Derakhshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "حسین درخشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hossein Derakhshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "חוסיין דרח'שאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hossein Derakhshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%88%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "ഹുസൈൻ ഡെറാക്ഷൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hossein Derakhshan"
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    title: "Hossein Derakhshan"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362305"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump