Poets of the world, do not accept Islamic Republic's invitation

  • by: Dr Esmail Nooriala
  • recipient: To ask non-Iranian poets not to attend the Fajr Poetry Festival of IRI

According to Iranian media, there would be a gathering called “International Fajr Poetry Festival” in Tehran sometime in coming May. On April 13 2014, the director of this festival has told Fars News Agency that: “We have selected some poets from France, USA, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq and Sweden. We cannot disclose their names at this time… But once there tickets are issued and their arrival time is set we will publish their names!” This is a letter by 3 exiled Iranian poet addressed to the non-Iranian poets invited to attend this gathering, giving them a short list of reasons for this requests pertaining to the atrocities of IRI against Iranian poets, writers and artists. They are asking other Iranians to support their position.

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