Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh

Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh, (also spelt Mohammad-Jafar Pooyandeh, d. ~December 8, 1998) was an Iranian author and "one of the active translators of the country" who is most famous for being one of the victims of the Chain murders of Iran.

Pouyandeh was last seen alive leaving his office at four o'clock in the afternoon of December 8, 1998 and still hadn't returned home three days later when his wife wrote and delivered a letter to Iran's President expressing her anguish over his disappearance. His body was discovered December 11. [ [http://www.iranmania.com/news/currentaffairs/features/dissidentmurders/default.asp The Dissident Murders ] ] in the Shahriar district of Karaj, south of Tehran, [ [http://www.iranmania.com/news/currentaffairs/features/dissidentmurders/default.asp The Dissident Murders ] ] and he appeared to have been strangled. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2704023.stm Iranian killers spared death penalty] BBC News, 29 January, 2003]

Pouyandeh worked at the Cultural Research Institute and was working on a book called "Questions & Answer about Human Rights" at the time of his death. [ [http://www.iranian.com/BTW/2002/December/Pouyandeh/index.html The Iranian Human Rights You will answer, one day] ]

Although Pouyandeh was not well-known in Iran, this was not because of his undistinguished career distinguished personalities, according to IranMania.com, but because of the "prevailing weak cultural activities" in Iran "during recent years."

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* [http://www.iranian.com/BTW/2002/December/Pouyandeh/index.html The Iranian Human Rights You will answer, one day]
* [http://www.iranmania.com/news/currentaffairs/features/dissidentmurders/default.asp The Dissident Murders ]

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