Dariush mehrjui death

Murder of Dariush Mehrjui

On October 15, 2023, Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui and his wife, actress Vahideh Mohammadifar, were fatally stabbed[1] by an unknown assailant at their residence at Zibadasht, near the city of Karaj. The couple were pronounced dead at the scene.

The motive for the attack was not clear, but some speculated that it could be related to Mehrjui's controversial films or his criticism of the Iranian government. Mehrjui is regarded as one of the pioneers of the Iranian New Wave cinema and has won several international awards for his works. He has also faced censorship and harassment from the authorities for his social and political themes. Mohammadifar is also a prominent actress who has appeared in many of Mehrjui's films as well as other Iranian productions.[2]

Murder

Mehrjui's daughter discovered the bodies when she visited her parents.[3] The couple's bodies were in their house, with Vahideh's head almost severed.[4]

Investigation

Iranian police investigations revealed that the main cause o

About Dariush Mehrjui / Dariush Mehrjui Biography

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Date of Birth:

Dec 8, 1939

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About Dariush Mehrjui/ Who is Dariush Mehrjui

Dariush Mehrju'i, also spelled as Mehrjui, Mehrjoui, and Mehrjuyi, is an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, and film editor. Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s.

What year was Dariush Mehrjui born?

Year 1939

What is Dariush Mehrjui's birth date?

His birthday is on Friday, December 8, 1939.

Where was Dariush Mehrjui born?

Tehran

How old is Dariush Mehrjui ?

Dariush Mehrjui is 86 years old.

When was Dariush Mehrjui born?

Friday, December 8, 1939

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Dariush Mehrjui
Filmmaker, producer, and scriptwriter


Dariush Mehrjui
Dariush Mehrjui was born on December 8, 1939 in Tehran. As a child, he was deeply involved in music and painting, playing piano and santoor and drawing miniatures. In 1959, he left for California to study cinema. But at those days, UCLA's cinema department was more interested in the technical aspects of filmmaking than its meaning as a form of art. He attended a number of film courses, namely with Renoir who taught him how to work with actors and he switched to Philosophy and was graduated from UCLA.

Upon graduating in 1964, he started a literary magazine, the Pars Review, with other Iranians who wanted to make the contemporary Iranian literature known to the West. He wrote his first script, a love story based on an ancient Persian tale and he went back to Iran with intention of turning it into a movie. However, the project collapsed and instead he made a thriller, Diamond 33, a parody of James Bond movies. The film was technically acceptable but commerci

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