Baghdad The Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Hammam Hammoudi, congratulated the journalist family and the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate on the 152nd National Day of the Iraqi press.
In a congratulatory telegram on the occasion, Hamoudi wrote, “from the bottom of our hearts, we congratulate the Iraqi journalist family on the 152nd anniversary of the National Day of the Iraqi Press and fortifying the public opinion arena with awareness and truth.”
He added, “what the Iraqi press is achieving today, and the monitoring, corrective and enlightening role it plays, is the fruit of the time of freedom and democracy for the new Iraq, and it should be developed with more freedoms and legislation that guarantees the right to information, protects journalists, and deters violations, at the same time that it enhances the professionalism of performance away from chaos and falsification, and everything that affects the unity of the homeland and its sons and social peace,” wishing the Iraqi journalist family further progress and professional creativity.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency