In 1994, he was one of 134 intellectuals who signed a manifesto demanding freedom of speech in Iran. Another missing Iranian writer dead under suspicious circumstances. A prominent free speech advocate, Makhtari was seen alive on 3 December, going to a local shop. The journalists called it a grave attack on the press - the case arose from personal and institutional desires for reprisal against the critical editorial stance of the paper. Excellent starting place for artistic approaches to free speech.
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