Iranian writers attack censorship

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FORTY of Iran's most prominet writers and intellectuals be onging to the Iranian Writers' have written ter to the iranian Prime Mins In it they describe how the ural and artistic life of tbe country has come to a standstill in the result of censorship, the ME DON DE COOM DECADES ment of winer and arts har Ont of writers and artists They point out that:

and nave no official authority or support to omfronted with the violence of So much no that cie can name. people who have or are spending ears in prison for the crime of ing, translating or even reading books." They demand an end to restriction and freedom of for the Writers* The Iranian Writers" Society as formed in the 1960s by a number of prominent writers for campaigning against censorship expression. In 1969 the reginse torced it to disband Dilicially Among the signatories of the dent writer Gholam-Hosscin Sa'edi. Sa'edi was jailed for nine ime he was tortured. Ever since his release he has been the secret from publishing any CATECH TREES year Guardian reporter tried to interview him he refused saying that it session of Savak interrogation There are now icports that L from leaving the country.

of the signatories is released JOLE arrested in March 1974 after publishing a satirical work abour the political situation in Iran.

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