Following the recent letter of Hassan Derakhshan to Iran's judiciary officials regarding the year-long detention of his son, the famed blogger Hossein Derakhshan (AKA Hoder), we saw another round of discussions on the Iranian online media (mostly in blogs) related to Hoder and his ways before he was arrested. There has been a lot of speculation as to why Hoder ended up where he ended up and why and how his views changed over time!

I have drafted a diagram that thoroughly sums up (in 5 stages) Hoder's journey out of Iran as a promising young blogger and wanna-be journalist and his return to Iran in search of recognition, fame and God knows what else!