Majid Sharif
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Majid Sharif | |
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| Born | January/February 1951[1] |
| Died | November 19, 1998 (aged 47)[2] |
| Occupations | Translator, journalist |
| Movement | Shariatism[3] |
| Spouse | Mahshid Sharif |
| Children | 1 |
Majid Sharif (Persian: مجید شریف; January/February 1951– November 19, 1998) was an Iranian translator and journalist who was one of the victims of the Chain murders of Iran. He was a follower of the late Islamist modernist leftist theoretician Ali Shariati.[4] 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.[5]
Sharif graduated from Sharif University of Technology in Iran and was a student in Physics Department of University of California at Los Angeles before his return to Iran.
