Banned books in Iran

Banned books in Iran

Since the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, the constitution of Iran doesn’t clearly recognize the freedom of expression: ‘the press is free to express their opinion, unless it is against the foundation of Islam or rights of the people, and the law will explain the details”. (article 24, The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran). [ [http://weblog.hejazi.ir diaries of an Iranian editor (Arash Hejazi)] ]

And the details have only been explained, not in a legal legislation of the parliament, but in an act issued by the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, which names the subjects that "do not deserve to be published", for example: Renouncing the fundamentals of religion; promoting moral corruption; inviting the society to riot against the State of Islamic Republic of Iran; promoting the ideas of terrorist and illegal groups and corrupted sects and defending monarchy; stimulating conflicts between the various ethnic or religious groups or creating problems in the unity of the society and the country; mocking and weakening the national proud and nationalistic spirit, and creating an atmosphere of loosing national values to the culture and civilization of western or eastern colonizing systems. [ [1988 Act of the Guidelines to Publish Books, by the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution of Islamic Republic of Iran] ] Since 1979, many books have been censored or banned by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran, although the government has only been accepting that it is censoring books by prior restraint, since 2005, when the government of Ahmadinezhad took power.

Books banned in Iran

# "The Monkey whose owner had died", (short stories)Sadeq Chubak. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "The Patient Stone", (short stories)Sadeq Chubak. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "The Mourners of Bayal", (Short stories), Gholam-Hossein Saedi. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "Dandyl", (Short stories), Gholam-Hossein Saedi. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "Fear and Chills", (Short stories), Gholam-Hossein Saedi. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "The ball", (Short stories), Gholam-Hossein Saedi. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "Her Eyes", (Novel), Bozorg Alavi. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "A tombstone on a grave", (novel), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "Mourning for Qasem", (novel), Amir Hossein Cheheltan. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "The man lost in dust", (poetry), Nosrat Rahmani. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "Complete poems of Ahmad Shamlu", (poetry), Ahmad Shamlu. [ [http://www.bookfiesta.ir/modules/fa/news_cultural_details.aspx?newsid=418 Bookfiesta literary magazine] ]
# "A girl with a silver string", (novel), Jamal Mirsadeqi. [ [http://www.alfabetmaxima.com/news_list.php?table2=news_farhang&&news_id=350 سانسور کتاب- کارنامه یک وزیر ایرانی] ]
# "Memories of My Melancholy Whores", Gabriel García Márquez, translated into Persian by Kaveh Mirabasi [ [http://www.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8608230488 خبرگزاری فارس: آخرين رمان «ماركز» توقيف شد] ]
# "Scorpion on the railroad stairways of Andimeshk, or this train is bleeding Sir!" (novel), Hossein Abkenar, 2006 [ [http://www.kargozaaran.com/ShowNews.php?12060 روزنامه کارگزاران: هیچكس پاسخگو نیست] ]
# "The ceremonies of impatience" (short stories), Yaghub Yadali, 2006 [ [http://www.kargozaaran.com/ShowNews.php?12060 روزنامه کارگزاران: هیچكس پاسخگو نیست] ]
# "Social History of Iran", Morteza Ravandi, 2006 [ [http://www.kargozaaran.com/ShowNews.php?12060 روزنامه کارگزاران: هیچكس پاسخگو نیست] ]
# "The Da Vinci Code", Dan Brown, Translated by Hossin Shahrabi [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2006/07/060726_jk-davinci-code-iran.shtml خبر بی‌بی‌سی در مورد ممنوعیت انتشار کتاب] ]
# "The Blind Owl" (novel), Sadeq Hedayat [ [http://www.pendar.net/main1.asp?a_id=355 خبر ممنوعیت انتشار بوف کور] ]
# "Gay relations in Iranian Literature" (literary essay), Sirus Shamisa. [ [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C+%D8%AF%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA+%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C "شاهدبازی در ادبیات فارسی] ]
# "The veiled women and the armoured elite" (History), Fatemeh Marnisi [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/news/020518_h-book.shtml خبر بی‌بی‌سی: جمع آوری 'زنان پرده نشین و نخبگان جوشن پوش] ]
# "The Zahir," Paulo Coelho, Translated by Arash Hejazi, Caravan Books [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2005/05/050512_pm-coelho-hejazi.shtml خبر بی‌بی‌سی: جمع آوری زهیر پائولو کوئلیو] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# The Year Zero (novel), Ardalan Sarafraz [ [http://eqbal.ir/cultural/news1/last/8422405952.php گزارش جمع آوری کتاب در نمایشگاه هجدهم کتاب] ]
# "داد بی‌داد،" ویدا حاجبی، انتشارات بازتاب نگار [ [http://eqbal.ir/cultural/news1/last/8422405952.php گزارش جمع آوری کتاب در نمایشگاه هجدهم کتاب] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# "Lessons to Avoid AIDS" [ [http://www.roshangari.net/as/ds.cgi?art=20060304160915.html گزارش جمع آوری کتاب آموزش‌های پیشگیری از ایدز] ]
# "Poverty and adultery", Masood Dehnamaki [ [http://www.aftab.ir/news/2006/jan/02/c5c1136222109_art_culture_book_publication.php گزارش جمع آوری کتاب فقر و فحشا] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# Buried Alive (Short Stories), Sadeq Hedayat [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2004/04/040422_pm-hedayat-books.shtml گزارش جمع آوری کتاب زنده به گور از سایت بی بی سی] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# "Opium" (short stories), Shiva Arastooi [ [http://news.gooya.com/culture/archives/021907.php رمان ”افیون” نوشته شیوا ارسطویی از وزارت فرهنگ ارشاد اسلامی مجوز چاپ نگرفت] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# "The Book of Jinn" (novel), Houshang Golshiri, [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2005/06/printable/050609_pm-cy-golshiri.sh رمان ”جن نامه” نوشته هوشنگ گلشیری از وزارت فرهنگ ارشاد اسلامی مجوز چاپ نگرفت] ] ‍
# "He learned from Satan and burnt it" (novel), Farkhondeh Aghaii, [ [http://farkhondehaghaei.com/article.aspx?id=181 انتشار کتاب فرخنده آقایی ممنوع شد] ]
# "Women without Men" (novel), Shahrnoosh Parsipour, [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2004/11/041120_la-cy-parsipouriv.shtml گفتگو با شهرنوش پارسی پور] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# "The Last Temptation of Christ", Nikos Kazantzakis, [ [http://www.7sang.com/mag/2003/05/02/book-crucify_christ.php مروری بر آثار کازانتزاکیس] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# All books by Sadeq Hedayat [ [http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-640314 آيا نام اين نويسنده، انتشار كتاب را متوقف مي‌كند؟] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# Cockcrow (short stories), Ebrahim Golestan, "خروس"، ابراهیم گلستان [ [https://balatarin.com/topic/2007/5/4/1000183 فروش کتاب «خروس» ابراهيم گلستان را در نمايشگاه ممنوع اعلام شده است.] ]
# "The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right", Jean-Jacques Rousseau, [ [http://www.maktuob.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=567 پیدا کردن کتاب ممنوع آسان است] ] ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
# Towards Destiny, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, [ [http://www.asriran.com/view.php?id=24545 کتاب خاطرات هاشمی رفسنجانی توقیف شد] ]

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