Mohammad-Ja'far Pouyandeh

Mohammad-Ja'far Pouyandeh
محمدجعفر پوینده
Born7 June 1954
Ashkezar, Yazd province, Iran
Died8 or 9 December 1998(1998-12-09) (aged 44)
Shahriar County, Tehran, Iran
OccupationsWriter, translator and activist
SpouseSima Sahebi
Children1

Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh (also spelled Mohammad-Jafar Pooyandeh or Mohammad Jafar Poyandeh, Persian: محمدجعفر پوینده) (7 June 1954 – 8 or 9 December 1998) was an Iranian writer, translator and activist. He was a member of the Iranian Writers Association, a group who had been long banned in Iran due to their objection to censorship and encouraged freedom of expression. He was murdered during the Chain murders of Iran in 1998.

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