2023-10-19 07:32:44
Read also: Famous Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui dies stabbed with his wife in Tehran
Ten people arrested
Dariush Mehrjui, pioneer of the advent of Iranian cinema and author of The Cow in 1969, was stabbed to death at the age of 83 on Saturday evening with his wife Vahideh Mohammadifar, a 54-year-old screenwriter, at their home in Karaj, west of the Iranian capital.
Police arrested ten people as part of their investigation, according to the judiciary organ Mizan Online, which did not provide details on the circumstances and motives of the double murder.
The funeral took place on Wednesday
Many Iranian filmmakers and artists attended the funeral of Mehrjui and his wife in Tehran on Wednesday, including Jafar Panahi, Massoud Kimiaï, Mohammad Rasoulof and Bahman Farmanara.
Screenwriter, director and producer Bahman Farmanara during the funeral, October 18, 2023. — © IMAGO/Rouzbeh Fouladi / IMAGO/ZUMA Wire
Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Wednesday ruled out any “link between Mehrjui’s murder and the serial assassinations” of dissident intellectuals in November 1998 committed by the country’s secret police. These crimes had been attributed by the government to “uncontrolled elements” of the Ministry of Intelligence, who were sentenced to prison terms of up to life.
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