Outcome of my London trip: One weblog, one news website

The London trip was not only wonderful, but also very fruitful.

First, I suggested the openDemocracy people to start a blog about the Iranian presidential elections in June. They liked the idea and made it possible. So today we lunched Iran Scan 1384 with the help of oD staff, especially their New York office.

Secondly, only two days before leaving, I received an offer to make a complete news website which is run by exile Iranian journalists. It's titled Rooz and was actually lunched last Tuesday. The neat thing about Rooz is that, in addition to the web version, they also make a front page similar to one of a real printed newspaper, hoping that one day they could actually publish a print version of it.

As far as I know, it's funded by a Netherlands organization as a smart way to support Iranian journalists who have recently left Iran due to the unbearable pressure by the regime's judiciary and security apparatus.