Majid Sharif ( fa, مجید شریف; January/February 1951– November 19, 1998) was an

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ian translator and journalist who was one of the victims of the

Chain murders of Iran The chain murders of Iran ( fa, قتل‌های زنجیره‌ای ایران) were a series of 1988–98 murders and disappearances of certain Iranian dissident intellectuals who had been critical of the Islamic Republic system. The murders a ...

. He was a follower of the late Islamist

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theoretician

Ali Shariati Ali Shariati Mazinani ( fa, علی شریعتی مزینانی, 23 November 1933 – 18 June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who focused on the sociology of religion. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intell ...

. 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.

Education

Sharif graduated from

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...

in Iran and was a student in Physics Department of

University of California at Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

before his return to Iran.

Death

In November 1998, Sharif left his home for a jog and never returned. On November 19, 1998 he was found on the side of a road in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

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.Alarming pattern of killings and "disappearances"
Amnesty International 1998

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