Majid Sharif
Majid Sharif | |
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| Born | January/February 1951[1] |
| Died | November 19, 1998 (aged 47)[2] |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Occupation(s) | Translator, journalist |
| Movement | Shariatism[3] |
| Spouse | Mahshid Sharif |
| Children | 1 |
Majid Sharif (Persian: مجید شریف; January/February 1951– November 19, 1998) 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.[4] 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.[5]
Education
[edit]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
[edit]In November 1998, Sharif left his home for a jog and never returned.[6] On November 19, 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 25, 1998. The official cause of his death was given as heart failure.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Iranian Calendar Converter". iranchamber.com. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06. (The month of Bahman 1329 in the Jalali Calendar – given as the month of birth in the Persian-language article – corresponds to the time span from January 21, 1951 till February 19, 1951 in the Gregorian Calendar.)
- ^ "Iranian Calendar Converter". iranchamber.com. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06. (The Persian date of Aban 28, 1377 – given as the date of death in the Persian-language article – corresponds to November 19, 1998 in the Gregorian Calendar.)
- ^ Vakily, Abdollah (November 1991). "Previous Works on Shariati". Ali Shariati and the Mystical Tradition of Islam (PDF) (M.A.). Montreal: Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Terror Database, The Serial Murders Iranterror.com Archived September 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Background Briefing On The Killings in Iran Human Rights Watch 1998 [dead link]
- ^ Ebadi, Shirin, Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni, Random House New York, 2006, p.135
- ^ Alarming pattern of killings and "disappearances" [dead link] Amnesty International 1998
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