Cover story
Beyond words
Will there be a response to growing attacks against the press?
December 7, 1998
The Iranian
In the last three months, Iran's judiciary has closed down more than
a dozen moderate newspapers and magazines. Meanwhile a number of liberal journalists
have died under mysterious circumstances or been imprisoned for their critical
views.
Abdolkarim Soroush wrote the following letter to President Khatami after
the closure of Toos newspaper and the imprisonment of its top editors
some two months ago. Although the editors have since been released, Soroush
says threats against other moderate newspapers promted him to make the
letter public.
Excerpts from the letter were published by some Iranian newspapers last
week. Here's the full text (in Persian) :
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