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Mohammad-Jafar Pouyandeh
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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

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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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Mohammad-Jafar Pouyandeh was a prominent Iranian writer and translator, known for his significant contributions to Iranian intellectual life through his translations of critical Frankfurt School texts. He was also an active member of the Iranian Writers' Association. In December 1998, Pouyandeh became a victim of the state-sponsored Chain Murders, a series of assassinations targeting intellectuals and dissidents. He was kidnapped on December 9, 1998, after leaving his home in Tehran. Ten days later, his body was discovered in Badamak village, Shahriar. He was killed by injection as part of these targeted killings. Reports indicate that days before his death, individuals described as "brothers" had visited his bookstore and photographed him, a chilling prelude to his murder.

محمدجعفر پوینده نویسنده و مترجم برجسته ایرانی بود که به دلیل ترجمه آثار مهم مکتب انتقادی فرانکفورت، سهم قابل توجهی در حیات فکری ایران داشت. او همچنین عضو فعال کانون نویسندگان ایران بود. در دسامبر ۱۹۹۸ (آذر ۱۳۷۷)، پوینده قربانی قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای حکومتی شد؛ مجموعه‌ای از ترورها که روشنفکران و دگراندیشان را هدف قرار می‌داد. او در تاریخ ۱۸ آذر ۱۳۷۷ پس از خروج از منزل خود در تهران ربوده شد. ده روز بعد، پیکر او در روستای بادامک شهریار کشف شد. او در جریان این قتل‌های هدفمند، با تزریق کشته شد. گزارش‌ها حاکی از آن است که چند روز پیش از مرگ وی، افرادی با عنوان «برادران» از کتابفروشی او بازدید کرده و از وی عکس گرفته بودند که پیش‌درآمدی هولناک بر قتل او بود.

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