100 Iranian journalists stand in solidarity with their colleagues in neighboring Afghanistan following a deadly Taliban attack on Tolo TV on January 20.

In a statement released yesterday, 100 Iranian journalists condemn Taliban’s attack on the Afghani television station last week, in which eight people were killed and 30 others injured.

“Wednesday’s deadly attack on journalists and employees at Tolo TV opened another bloody chapter of history of journalism,” the statement says.

“We, Iranian journalists, strongly condemn this terrorist attack and send our condolences to the Afghani people, especially the families of the victims. We express our sympathy with Afghani journalists, who work hard to promote free speech in Afghanistan, and stand in solidarity with our colleagues there.”

The statement also urges the Afghani authorities to take action to provide greater safety for journalists in the country.

“We call on the Afghani authorities to ensure a safe environment for journalists and to punish the offenders. Killing journalists – wherever it happens and for whatever reason – is a catastrophe and unforgivable.”

Signed by:

1- Ali Akhundi

2- Shokufeh Azar

3- Saba Peik Azar

4- Soheil Asefi

5- Mohamamd Agha zadeh

6- Maryam Amousa

7- Farzaneh Ayini

8- Saeideh Islami

9- Rasoul Asghari

10- Mohammad Javad Akbarin 

11- Mahdis Amiri

12- Solmaz Ikdar

13- Saeed BarAbadi 

14- Negin Behkam

15- Masoud Behnoud

16- Fariba Pajouh 

17- Niloufar Pour Ibrahim

18- Mehdi Tajik

19- Mohammad Tangestani

20- Omid Tousheh 

21- Delbar Tavakoli

22- Mahsa Jozeini

23- Jahanshah Javid 

24- LIda Hosseini Nejad

25- Reza Haji Hosseini

26- Farid Haeri Nejad

27- Maryam Hosseinkhah

28- Negar Hosseini 

29- Habib Hosseini Fard 

30- Mehrdad hojati 

31- Shahed Halaj

32- Maziar Khosravi 

33- Mitra khalatbari

34- Mehraveh Kharazmi 

35- Jalal Khosh Chehreh 

36- Nahid kheirabi 

37- Homayoun Kheiri 

38- Sara Damavandan

39- Mostafa dehghan 

40- Naimeh Doustdar 

41- Prastou Dokuhi

42- Manouchehr Dinparast

43- Babak Zakeri 

44- Ahmad Rafat

45- Shahram Rafizadeh 

46- Firoozeh Ramezanzadeh

47- Mohammad Rahbar

48- Ardovan Rouzbeh

49- Hassan Sarbakhshian

50- Majid saeidi 

51- Saba sherdoust

52- Shadi Shafiei 

53- Bijan Safsari 

54- Sahar Toloui 

55- Shahed Alavi 

56- Mahsa Alibeigi 

57- Ershad Alijani

58- Sara Ghazanfari

59- Mojgan Ghafari Shirvan

60- Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour

61- Babak Ghafouriazad

62- Kambiz Ghafouri

63- Farshid Farabi

64- Shirin Family

65- Hassan Fathi

66- Milad Fadai Asl

67- Pouyan Fakhrai

68- Mansoureh Farahani

69- Mahmoud farjami

70- Mehran Faraji

71- Soroush Farhadian 

72- Bijan farhoudi 

73- Fatemeh Fanayian 

74- Kaveh Foulad Nasab 

75- Siamak Ghaderi

76- Fatemeh Karimkhan 

77- Mohamad Kasaizadeh

78- Omid Keshtkar

79- Farzin Golpad

80- Saghi Leghai 

81- Masoud Lavasani

82- Amir Hossein Motaghi 

83- Amir Hossein Motaghi

84- Paksima Mojavezi 

85- Mehdi Mohseni

86- Hanif Mazroui 

87- Ali Mazroui 

88- Maryam Mazroui 

89- Nafiseh Motlagh 

90- Dariush Memar 

91- Ehsan Mehrabi 

92- Javad Montazeri 

93- Ameneh Mousavi 

94- Minou Momeni 

95- Rouzbeh Mir Ibrahimi 

96- Mojtaba Najafi 

97- Mazdak Alinazari 

98- Touka Neyestani

99- Sharzad Hemmati

100- Elham Yazdiha