Father arrested for his son's posts on Facebook

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.

Iranian authorities attempted to contact Khameneh through his father, Abbas, demanding the removal of the Facebook page. Because the younger Khameneh did not personally own the page, however, he was powerless to take it down. Shortly after, Abbas Khameneh was arrested by Iranian officials and sent to Evin prison, a facility known for torturing political prisoners. He has been detained there since May.

The owner of the page has refused to remove the offensive content, so Yashar finds himself stuck in a lose-lose situation. Still, he stands by his actions. "From the beginning, I knew that it could be dangerous, but the thing is this: Taboos should be broken," said Yashar. "I knew that it could be sensitive (for) Muslims and Iranians worldwide, but here in Europe, jokes are made — jokes of Jewish stories or Christian — and nobody is threatened or killed. This is how it should be."

-CNN