The Persian category joined in 2005, at the height of Iran’s blogging boom, and produced the overall champion in 2012.
Notable winners in the Persian category
- Zan Nevesht (2005, Jury)
- Zeitun (2006, Jury); the Reporters Without Borders awards that year honored Iranian blogs Tanine Sokut and Kosoof
- Masih Alinejad (2007, User; and 2013 People’s Choice Best Blog) — the exiled Iranian journalist
- Window of Anguish by Arash Sigarchi — overall Best Blog 2012, both jury and public vote
- Gershad (2016, Tech for Good) — the app mapping morality police checkpoints
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