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Ahmad Tafazzoli

احمد تفضلی

Age: 26
Sex: male
Date of death: 14 January 1997
Place of death: Shemiran, Tehran (+4 more)
Hometown: Tehran
Event: Chain Murders of Iran
Profession: scholar, researcher, translator, linguist, University of Tehran professor
Cause of death: mysteriously murdered in the street as a victim of the Chain Murders

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Ahmad Tafazzoli was a prominent Iranian scholar, researcher, translator, linguist, and professor at the University of Tehran. On January 14, 1997, he was mysteriously murdered in the street on his way home in Shemiran, Tehran. He is widely recognized as a victim of the Chain Murders (قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای), a series of politically motivated killings of Iranian dissidents.

احمد تفضلی، پژوهشگر، مترجم، زبان‌شناس و استاد برجسته دانشگاه تهران بود. او در تاریخ ۲۴ دی ۱۳۷۵ (۱۴ ژانویه ۱۹۹۷) به طور مشکوکی در خیابان، در مسیر بازگشت به منزلش در شمیران، تهران به قتل رسید. وی یکی از قربانیان قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای، مجموعه‌ای از قتل‌های سیاسی دگراندیشان در ایران، شناخته می‌شود.

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Ahmad Tafazzoli was a distinguished Iranian scholar, researcher, translator, linguist, and professor at the University of Tehran. He was recognized for his academic contributions in Iran. On January 14, 1997, at the age of 26, Tafazzoli was mysteriously murdered in the street on his way home to Shemiran, Tehran, after leaving his office at the University of Tehran. His death is widely identified as part of the Chain Murders (قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای), a series of politically motivated killings targeting Iranian dissidents.

احمد تفضلی، پژوهشگر، مترجم، زبان‌شناس و استاد برجسته دانشگاه تهران بود. او به دلیل فعالیت‌های علمی و دانشگاهی خود در ایران شناخته شده بود. در تاریخ ۲۴ دی ۱۳۷۵ (۱۴ ژانویه ۱۹۹۷)، احمد تفضلی در سن ۲۶ سالگی، پس از ترک دفتر کارش در دانشگاه تهران و در مسیر بازگشت به منزلش در شمیران، تهران، به طور مشکوکی در خیابان به قتل رسید. قتل او به طور گسترده به عنوان یکی از قربانیان قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای، مجموعه‌ای از قتل‌های سیاسی دگراندیشان در ایران، شناخته می‌شود.

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A historical portrait of Ahmad Tafazzoli, a prominent Iranian scholar and victim of the Chain Murders, sitting at a desk with books in the background.

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Tehran, Iran 1997-01

Ahmad Tafazzoli, a prominent scholar and victim of the Chain Murders of Iran, is shown in a black and white portrait sitting at his desk at the University of Tehran.

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University of Tehran, Tehran 15 Jan 1997

Portrait of Ahmad Tafazzoli, a Tehran University professor and linguist who was killed in January 1997 as part of the Chain Murders of Iran.

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Tehran, Iran 14 Jan 2026

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