And We Quote...
in cra-briefings36 · May 01, 2006
We are writers. By this we mean we write our feelings, imagination, thoughts and scholarship in various forms and publish them. It is our natural social and civil right to see that our writing be it poetry or fiction, drama or film script, research or criticism, or the translation of works written by other writers of the world reach the public in a free and unhampered manner. It is not within the capacity of any person or organization to create obstacles for the publication of these works, under whatever pretext these may be.
— The 1994 Declaration by 134 Iranian Writers