Majid Sharif
Majid Sharif Vaghefi مجید شریف | |
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| Born | 1950 |
| Died | November 1998 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Occupation(s) | translator, journalist |
Majid Sharif (1950–1988) Persian: مجید شریف, was an Iranian translator and journalist who was one of the victims of the Chain murders of Iran. He was a follower of the late Islamist modernist leftist theoretician Ali Shariati.[1] Articles by him criticizing Iranian government policies appeared in a monthly magazine, Iran-e Farda (Iran of Tomorrow), which was closed down by court order on December 5, 1998.[2]
Education
Sharif graduated from Sharif University of Technology in Iran and was a student in Physics Department of University of California at Los Angeles before his return to Iran.
Death
In November 1998, Sharif left his home for a jog and never returned.[3] On November 18, 1998 he was found on the side of a road in Tehran and identified by his mother in the coroner's office six days later on November 24, 1998. The official cause of his death was given as heart failure.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Terror Database, The Serial Murders Iranterror.com Archived 2012-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Background Briefing On The Killings in Iran Human Rights Watch 1998 Archived 2008-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ebadi, Shirin, Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni, Random House New York, 2006, p.135
- ^ Alarming pattern of killings and "disappearances" Amnesty International 1998
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