Majid Sharif

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.[3] 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.[4]

Majid Sharif
مجید شریف
BornJanuary/February 1951[1]
DiedNovember 19, 1998(1998-11-19) (aged 47)[2]
Tehran
NationalityIranian
OccupationTranslator, journalist
Spouse(s)Mahshid Sharif
Children1

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.[5] 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.[6]

See also

References
  1. "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.)
  2. "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.)
  3. Terror Database, The Serial Murders Iranterror.com Archived September 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Background Briefing On The Killings in Iran Human Rights Watch 1998
  5. Ebadi, Shirin, Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni, Random House New York, 2006, p.135
  6. Alarming pattern of killings and "disappearances" Amnesty International 1998
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