Iran Holocaust

Chain murders of dissidents

Ministry of Intelligence agents assassinate a series of dissident writers and intellectuals — Dariush Forouhar, Mohammad Mokhtari, Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh — in a wave later admitted by the ministry itself.

Date
1998-11-01
Category
repression
Period
1998

Ministry of Intelligence agents assassinate a series of dissident writers and intellectuals — Dariush Forouhar, Mohammad Mokhtari, Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh — in a wave later admitted by the ministry itself.

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