Mohammad Mokhtari
محمد مختاری
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 3 December 1998
- Place of death
- Tehran, Iran
- Event
- Chain Murders of Iran
- Profession
- poet, writer, translator, researcher
- Cause of death
- kidnapped and killed as part of the Chain Murders
Biography
Mohammad Mokhtari was an Iranian poet, writer, translator, and researcher, and an active member of the Iranian Writers' Association. On December 3, 1998, he was kidnapped after leaving his home for shopping. He was subsequently killed as part of the political Chain Murders of Iran.
محمد مختاری، شاعر، نویسنده، مترجم و محقق ایرانی و از اعضای فعال کانون نویسندگان ایران بود. او در ۱۲ آذر ۱۳۷۷، پس از خروج از منزل برای خرید، ربوده شد. وی در ادامه در جریان قتلهای زنجیرهای سیاسی به قتل رسید.