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News & Views Iranian writers appeal to Khatami for safety TEHRAN, Dec 13 (AFP) - About 50 Iranian authors appealed to President Mohammad Khatami on Sunday to ensure their safety after a wave of murders of liberal writers and political dissidents in Iran. "We wish to call on the chief executive who is responsible for the safety of citizens to put an end to this offensive situation by any means possible," the writers said in a letter published in newspapers. "Disaster comes after disaster and there is no one to give an answer," they added. "The heart-breaking murders of authors in recent months are proof of unbridled violence which is out to eradicate freedom, destroy public peace and disturb civil society." They also asked for permission to form an independent writer's union, the Iran Authors Association, which has until now been refused to create. The appeal came as the government paper Iran reported the death of Iranian writer Mohammad Pouyandeh, who was found strangled to death on the outskirts of Tehran. Pouyandeh is the third Iranian writer to have died here in mysterious and similar circumstances recently, following Mohammad Mokhtari and Majid Sharif. The deaths, along with the stabbing murder last month of nationalist opposition leader Darioush Foruhar and his wife, have provoked fear among the public. * Iran News
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