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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) : Go to page one   Links * Faraj Sarkouhi's "The price of a pressless society" * Abbas Ma'roufi's "Nagozaareed chenin shavad" * Massoud Behnoud's "Qalam dar ghalaaf" * Mahmoud and Ahmad Sadri on Soroush: "Let the occasional chalice break" * By the way section * Cover stories * Bookstore * Who's who * Subscribe to The Iranian Times

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