Javad Mojabi and Censorship in Iran

Another important part of discussions surrounding Mojabi’s career concerns censorship in Iran.

Mojabi had previously criticized aspects of the censorship process and restrictions affecting literary and cultural expression.

Later accounts of his life have frequently emphasized his position as a writer who continued to work within difficult cultural circumstances.

For writers, censorship is not simply an administrative issue.

It can influence what can be published, how authors express themselves and how literary works reach audiences.

Mojabi’s career unfolded across several political eras, meaning that his literary history also reflects the changing conditions under which Iranian writers worked.

Voice of America, for example, described Mojabi as a prominent literary and art critic who had opposed censorship and restrictions on freedom of expression over the course of his career.