Mohammad-Jafar Pouyandeh
محمدجعفر پوینده
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 1998-12
- Place of death
- Shahriar (+2 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Chain Murders of Iran
- Profession
- Writer, translator, and member of the Iranian Writers' Association
- Cause of death
- Murdered by injection as part of the state-sponsored Chain Murders
Biography
Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh was a prominent Iranian translator and activist member of the Iranian Writers' Association, known for translating works of the Frankfurt School. He was kidnapped on December 9, 1998, by government agents and killed via injection. His body was discovered ten days later in the village of Badamak, Shahriar, as part of the political assassinations known as the Chain Murders.
محمدجعفر پوینده نویسنده، مترجم و از اعضای فعال کانون نویسندگان ایران بود که آثار بسیاری از مکتب تفکر انتقادی فرانکفورت را به فارسی ترجمه کرد. او در ۱۸ آذر ۱۳۷۷ توسط عوامل حکومتی ربوده شد و با تزریق مواد کشنده به قتل رسید. پیکر او ده روز بعد در روستای بادامک شهریار پیدا شد؛ این جنایت بخشی از سلسله ترورهای سیاسی موسوم به قتلهای زنجیرهای بود.
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A black and white close-up portrait of Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh, an Iranian translator and writer who was killed during the Chain Murders.
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A portrait of Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh, an Iranian writer and translator who was murdered in the 1998 state-sponsored Chain Murders, alongside his family.
A portrait of Mohammad-Jafar Pouyandeh, an Iranian writer and translator who was kidnapped and murdered in December 1998 as part of the state-sponsored Chain Murders.