The following is a press release from the official Iranian Republic News Agency. It is woefully short on details and we have not yet been able to verify anything, so take it with a grain of salt.

(Note the phrase "accused of weblogging"; not unlike "accused of publishing" or "accused of speaking.")

Iranian Court clears webloggers

Tehran, 21 April, IRNA: The court of justice examining lawsuits of several ladies accused of weblogging cleared them of the charge, Judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimi-Rad said on Thursday (21 April).

He told IRNA that the Disciplinary Court of Judges reached the conclusion that the webloggers had not intention of violating law and cleared them of the charge.

The spokesman said that the webloggers had lodged a complaint with the disciplinary Court of Judges pleading not guilty.

Karimi-Rad said in the meantime that the prosecutor has provided indictments against four other individuals accused of Internet crimes.