Wednesday August 8 is the "Day of Journalists in Iran".

Many journalists have gathered in the office of Mr. Karubi the leader of the "Etemad Melli" party to discuss the problems they are facing .Mr. Karubi is also the president of Etemade Melli one of the semi reformist newspaper. Karubi like Khatami has more tolerance toward reformist newspapers .

On this day many journalists are still in prison and two Kurdish journalists are sentenced to death and Sharq a reformist newspaper was shut down again.