I got a   letter from Mojtaba a few days ag

Bosch, Carles

Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert

20 I got a letter from Mojtaba a few days ago 
CARLES BOSCH 
The history of Mojtaba. told by the author of this article. is that of a 
young lrani who was the victim ofSaddam Hussein. who invaded Irani 
territory in 1980. The young boy in question was 21 years oid and was 
made a prisoner at the sa mc tim e. The journalist got to know Mojtaba 
ten years later.just after he had been freed. The Iraqis freed him a few 
days after the ocupation of Kuwait, thanks to a fo rced agreement 
which Saddam signed with Iran in August 1990. The pact obliged Iraq 
to exhange prisoners of the war which had been held between both 
countries. Mojtaba went back home with his family. Recovered for 
active li fe. he usually helped journalists. He told this author about his 
life of struggle and communication. 
28 The war o f mediocre and controlled information 
ANTONI CASTEL 
The límits placed on reporting by the military apparatus during the 
Persian Gulf War is the topic chosen by the author of this article. "It 
was the war of misinformation" claims the writer. And he recalis the 
words of "Le Monde diplomatique" when it commented that "the 
fourth power has surrcndered unconditionally". Wh ilst the CNN 
were broadcasting the America n bombings of Baghdad, on the other 
ha nd only the .. positive aspects ofthe war" were made known, such as 91 
the la nd advances. the massive desertions of Iraq i troops or the accurate 
bombing of military targets. The joumalists, however, could never move 
as freely as they would have liked. 
The author relates the characteristics o f the informativc poo I to which 
only 200 professional .. arbitrarily selected" joumalists werc given access. 
The rest had to follow thc conflict from their respective hotels. This 
lcd to absurd competition amongst journalists a nd to thc potentiation 
of personalisms in what was one of the most recent tragedies of the 
human race. 
ANNALS DEL PERIODISME CATALÀ 


I got a letter from Mojtaba a few days ago

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