JAILED IRANIAN BLOGGER SINA MOTALLEBI has now been released. Jeff Jarvis has more, including a link to this Newsweek article on the Blogosphere’s support for his cause, and for Iranian bloggers generally.

The Iranian blog crackdown is interpreted — correctly, I think — as yet another sign of the growing insecurity and out-of-touchness of the mullahs who, for the moment, continue to rule that unhappy country.