Father arrested for son's posts on Facebook

11 August DY Daily News

The wrong Facebook post or tweet can land you in some serious trouble an anonymous man was unmasked by the Secret Service after making threats against a congresswoman, and a Facebook friend suggestion landed a man in jail.

But Iranian officials are taking social media way more serious than their American counterparts, arresting the father of someone suspected of mocking a high-ranking religious figure.

While away at school in Holland, Yashar Khameneh participated and commented on a Facebook page that made light of a top Shiite Muslim imam by posing him next to the character Donkey from the movie Shrek and a sunglasses-wearing camel. Because imams are considered "Infallible," it is a crime to ridicule or insult them.