Iran-e-Farda's Editor-in-Chief Is Threatened to Death

January 17, 1999 - 0:0
TEHRAN Managing Director of monthly Iran-e-Farda, Ezzatollah Sahabi, sent a letter to Interior Minister warning of threats posed to the life of the monthly's editor-in-chief Reza Alijani by a group referred to as Mostafaa Nawab's Fedaian of Genuine Islam of Mohammad (MNFGIM). Part of the letter reads that on Wednesday 24 Day following two telephone calls to the office of Iran-e-Farda, Reza Alijani editor-in-chief of the monthly has been threatened to death by a group calling itself MNFGIM. The calls threatened in the following words: 'After Pouyandeh, it is your turn.

If you once again give interview to foreign radios, it will be your last interview', said another part of Sahabi's letter. The letter also called on the Interior Minister to follow up the threat and take action to prevent it find expression."