Majid Sharif

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Majid Sharif 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 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]

In November 1998, Majid 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.[4] The official cause of his death was given as "heart failure." [5]

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  1. ^ Terror Database, The Serial Murders Iranterror.com
  2. ^ Background Briefing On The Killings in Iran Human Rights Watch 1998
  3. ^ Ebadi, Shirin, Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni, Random House New York, 2006, p.135
  4. ^ The Dissident Murders iranmania.com
  5. ^ Alarming pattern of killings and "disappearances" Amnesty International 1998
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