Mohammad-Jafar Pouyandeh
محمدجعفر پوینده
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 1998-12
- Place of death
- Badamak, Shahriar (+5 more)
- Hometown
- Tehran
- Event
- Chain Murders of Iran
- Profession
- writer and translator
- Cause of death
- killed by injection during the state-sponsored Chain Murders
Biography
Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh was a prominent Iranian writer and translator, known for his work on the critical Frankfurt School, and an active member of the Iranian Writers' Association. He was kidnapped on December 9, 1998, and his body was discovered ten days later in Badamak village, Shahriar. He was killed by injection as part of the state-sponsored Chain Murders, a series of assassinations targeting intellectuals and dissidents.
محمدجعفر پوینده نویسنده و مترجم برجسته ایرانی و عضو فعال کانون نویسندگان ایران بود که آثار مکتب تفکر انتقادی فرانکفورت را ترجمه میکرد. او در ۱۸ آذر ۱۳۷۷ ربوده شد و ۱۰ روز بعد پیکرش در روستای بادامک شهریار پیدا شد. پوینده در جریان قتلهای زنجیرهای حکومتی، با تزریق کشته شد.
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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.