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Iranian of the Year

Cover of Payam-e Emrooz magazine, Mehr, Aban 1377 (October/November 1998)

Heroes
Reformist newspapers are making a difference, collectively

March 25, 1999
The Iranian

The following are comments in favor of editors and journalists of the reformist press as the Iranians of the year. Collectively they received the fourth largest share of the people's vote (6 percent) in The Iranian survey. Each comment is from a different person. Names have been withheld for reasons of privacy.

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* Heores
* Change from within
* Irrepressible
* Freedom fighters
* Courage

* Vitality
* Free expression
* Freedom
* Significant role

* Their efforts
* For democracy

* Under pressure
* Jame'eh + Tous

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Heroes

The time of "one hero" has past, and it is time for the collective efforts of people to make a difference.

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Change from within

The real support and pressure within Iran comes from the efforts and the courage of the journalists that are supporting change. If anything changes, it will be from within the country and the press right now is the backbone of that change alongside with students.

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Irrespressible

I nominate the people of the media and newspapers whose courage are outstanding and irrepressible and without them perhaps the Iranian people will live in the dark from what are happening around them.

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Freedom fighters

The press has continually pushed for further freedom. You could say that they are the new freedom fighters leading the new revolution. Without the press, Khatami would be paralyzed.

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Freedom

They've tried hard to show what prees freedom means, both to people (as their addressee) and to conservatives as the force which has pulled them back by any means available, including prison and more!

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Courage

For their courage to uphold the right to dissent and inform.

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Under pressure

Under so much pressure and problems they held their ground.

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Significant role

They had enough courage to show the first ever seen press freedom in the history of Iran, and they played a significant role in recent reforms of country.

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For democracy

They are fighting for Iran's democracy and freedom.

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Their efforts

[I vote for the press] because of their effort to exercise freedom of speech, and to inform people of the realities.

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Vitality

[I vote for] the editorial staff and oweners of Jame'eh, Tous and Neshaat and part of the Iranian press abroad (specially Kayhan of London). Without the courageous human-rights oriented press, the new vitality of the Iranian society would not be possible.

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Free expression

It is through free expression of ideas and thoughts that people attain freedom.

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Long-term

I think in the long-term they can bring freedom to our country!

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Jame'eh + Tous

[My vote is for] Jame'eh + Tous newspapers.

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