"Today, we have gathered here to tell the people of the world that freedom of the pen in Iran is restricted. Today, the biggest problem of journalists in Iran is absence of justice and freedom," Mohsen Kadivar, a leading reformist cleric and writer, told the audience.
"It's not a source of pride that Iran is known as the biggest jail for journalists in the Middle East ... the way you rulers behave has no consistency with the Quran, which respects the pen," he said, drawing applause from the journalists. The Quran is Islam's holy book."
I pray for his safety.