Khabgard reminds [1][Fa] us that Yaghoub Yadali, an award winner writer, is going to be judged in court because of his novel “The behavior of unrest”. This story was published two years ago with permission of Iranian authorities and won a couple of awards.It seems some people complained against some sentences in this book.The blogger says it was the first time in Iranian history that such a thing happened and it will have negative consquences for country's writers.Yadali had already been in jail, for the same reason, for 40 days.
Iran:Award winner writer in trouble
· Written by Fred Petrossian
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Literature