Majid Sharif
BornJanuary/February 1951[1]
DiedNovember 19, 1998(1998-11-19) (aged 47)[2]
Tehran
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Translator, journalist
MovementShariatism[3]
SpouseMahshid Sharif
Children1

Majid Sharif (Persian: مجید شریف; January/February 1951– November 19, 1998) was an Iranian translator and journalist who was one of the victims of the Chain murders of Iran. He was a follower of the late Islamist modernist leftist theoretician Ali Shariati.[4] Articles by him criticizing Iranian government policies appeared in a monthly magazine, Iran-e Farda (Iran of Tomorrow), which was closed down by court order on December 5, 1998.[5]

Education

Sharif graduated from Sharif University of Technology in Iran and was a student in Physics Department of University of California at Los Angeles before his return to Iran.

Death

In November 1998, Sharif left his home for a jog and never returned.[6] On November 19, 1998 he was found on the side of a road in Tehran and identified by his mother in the coroner's office six days later on November 25, 1998. The official cause of his death was given as heart failure.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Iranian Calendar Converter". iranchamber.com. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06. (The month of Bahman 1329 in the Jalali Calendar – given as the month of birth in the Persian-language article – corresponds to the time span from January 21, 1951 till February 19, 1951 in the Gregorian Calendar.)
  2. ↑ "Iranian Calendar Converter". iranchamber.com. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06. (The Persian date of Aban 28, 1377 – given as the date of death in the Persian-language article – corresponds to November 19, 1998 in the Gregorian Calendar.)
  3. ↑ Vakily, Abdollah (November 1991). "Previous Works on Shariati". Ali Shariati and the Mystical Tradition of Islam (PDF) (M.A.). Montreal: Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Terror Database, The Serial Murders Iranterror.com Archived September 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Background Briefing On The Killings in Iran Human Rights Watch 1998
  6. ↑ Ebadi, Shirin, Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni, Random House New York, 2006, p.135
  7. ↑ Alarming pattern of killings and "disappearances" Amnesty International 1998


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