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Mohammad Mokhtari
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Mohammad Mokhtari

محمد مختاری

Sex
male
Date of death
3 December 1998
Place of death
Tehran, Iran (+1 more)
Hometown
the authorities
Event
Chain Murders of Iran
Profession
poet, writer, translator, researcher
Cause of death
kidnapped and killed as part of the Chain Murders of Iran

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Mohammad Mokhtari was an Iranian poet, writer, translator, and researcher, known for his active membership in the Iranian Writers' Association. On December 3, 1998, he was kidnapped after leaving his home for an errand. 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 تاریخ ۱۲ آذر ۱۳۷۷ (۳ دسامبر ۱۹۹۸)، هنگامی که برای خرید از منزل خارج شده بود، ربوده شد. مختاری در ادامه و در جریان موسوم به «قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای» به قتل رسید.

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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 abducted in Tehran after he left home to shop. He was killed in the political "Chain Murders of Iran." Seven days before he disappeared, Mokhtari wrote at his office about the state of the country: "This is our destiny as long as they are here. Because as long as they are, there is crisis, and as long as there is crisis, our heads will be cut." He also wrote: "The country belongs to them; the people are trash."

محمد مختاری، شاعر، نویسنده، مترجم و محقق ایرانی، از اعضای فعال کانون نویسندگان ایران بود. در ۱۲ آذر ۱۳۷۷ (۳ دسامبر ۱۹۹۸)، وقتی برای خرید از منزلش در تهران خارج شده بود، ربوده شد. در جریان «قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای» به قتل رسید. هفت روز پیش از ربوده شدنش، در دفترش درباره وضعیت کشور نوشته بود: «این سرنوشت ماست تا وقتی که این‌ها هستند. چون تا وقتی باشند بحران دارند و تا وقتی بحران دارند، سر ما بریدنی است.» همچنین نوشته بود: «مملکت مال این‌هاست، مردم جزو قازوراتند.»

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