Mohammad Mokhtari (writer)

This article is about the Iranian writer killed in 1998. For the Iranian student protester killed in 2011, see Mohammad Mokhtari (protester).
Mohammad Mokhtari
محمد مختاری
BornApril 21, 1942
Mashhad, Iran
DiedDecember 3, 1998(1998-12-03) (aged 56)
Aminabad, Firuzkuh, Iran
NationalityIranian
OccupationWriter
Known forActivist
SpouseMaryam Hosseinzade
Children2

Mohammad Mokhtari (Persian: محمد مختاری) (April 21, 1942 – December 3, 1998[1]) was an Iranian writer, poet and left-wing activist. He was an active member of the Iranian Writers Association, a group that had been long banned in Iran due to their objection to censorship and encouraged freedom of expression.[2] Due to his activism, he was most likely murdered during the Chain murders of Iran in December 1998.[3]

  1. ^ "Human Rights & Democracy for Iran". One Person’s Story. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  2. ^ Dickey, Christopher (February 22, 1999). "Iran Giving Voice to Freedom, Tehran's intellectuals won't keep quiet". The Iranian. Newsweek International. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "As Slain Secular Writer Is Buried, Iran Blames a Foreign 'Network'". The New York Times. December 16, 1998. Retrieved December 28, 2014.