9 December 1998

Alert

Writer-journalist Mohamad Mokhtari found dead


Incident details

Mohamad Mokhtari

writer(s)

killed


(RSF/IFEX) - The writer-journalist Mohamad Mokhtari, who disappeared on 3
December 1998 in Tehran, was found dead on the afternoon of 9 December. As a
prominent writer in the opposition camp, he contributed to many liberal
newspapers and was famous for his critical stances against the regime. He
had been arrested several times by the security forces. He was trying to
organise an association of writers to foster public support for liberal
ideas aiming at reforming the present system. In 1994, he was one of 134
intellectuals who signed a manifesto demanding freedom of speech in Iran.





**Updates IFEX alerts of 8 December and 7 December 1998**






Source:

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
@rsf_rwb
 

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