Freedom of Speech
Bestsellers banned in new Iranian censorship purge | News | Guardian Unlimited Books
Dozens of literary masterpieces and international bestsellers have been banned in Iran in a dramatic rise in censorship that has plunged the countrys publishing industry into crisis.Companies that once specialised in popular fiction and other money-spinners are being restricted to academic texts under a cultural freeze instigated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Several thousand new and previously published works have been blacklisted by Irans culture and Islamic guidance ministry, which vets all books.
And we complain it’s hard to get into print. Reality check people: the only thing that really stops us getting into print is whether it’s going to make money for the printer or if we have the money to fun d it ourselves. There is very little that we cannot print. So thank your lucky stars.
