Ebrahim Zalzadeh
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Ebrahim Zalzadeh was a dissident Iranian author and editor who was murdered in 1997 in what is thought to have been one of the "chain murders
" of dissidents by "rogue elements" in Iran's intelligence ministry.
Zalzadeh was editor of the Iran
ian literary monthly Mayar (also spelled Me'yer), a publication that frequently criticized Iranian government censorship
practices against the media, and was forced to close by the authorities in 1995. He was also the director of the publishing house Ebtekar.
Zalzadeh disappeared on February 22, 1997 and was identified in a Tehran
morgue on March 29. According to the coroner's report his body was discovered half-buried and with multiple stab wounds in the chest, on or about February 24 by a road in the outskirts of Tehran. He was in a Tehran morgue on March 29. 35 days after it had been reported missing.
"Zalzadeh was one of several Iranian writers and publishers who had volunteered to share the punishment of magazine editor Abbas Maroufi, who was sentenced in January 1996 to six months in prison and 35 lashes for criticizing the government."
Chain murders of Iran
The Chain Murders of Iran , or Serial Murders, were a series of murders and disappearances from 1988-1998 by Iranian government operatives of Iranian dissident intellectuals who had been critical of the Islamic Republic system in some way.The victims included more than 80 writers, translators,...
" of dissidents by "rogue elements" in Iran's intelligence ministry.
Zalzadeh was editor of the Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian literary monthly Mayar (also spelled Me'yer), a publication that frequently criticized Iranian government censorship
Censorship
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practices against the media, and was forced to close by the authorities in 1995. He was also the director of the publishing house Ebtekar.
Zalzadeh disappeared on February 22, 1997 and was identified in a Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
morgue on March 29. According to the coroner's report his body was discovered half-buried and with multiple stab wounds in the chest, on or about February 24 by a road in the outskirts of Tehran. He was in a Tehran morgue on March 29. 35 days after it had been reported missing.
"Zalzadeh was one of several Iranian writers and publishers who had volunteered to share the punishment of magazine editor Abbas Maroufi, who was sentenced in January 1996 to six months in prison and 35 lashes for criticizing the government."