Saeed Soltanpour
Saeed Soltanpour was an Iranian poet, playwright, and theater director who was deeply involved in left-wing politics and a member of the Iranian Writers Association. He was executed on July 26, 1981, by the Islamic Republic authorities during the 1981–1982 Iran Massacres.
Saeed Soltanpour
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- Name
- Saeed Soltanpour
- Occupation
- * Poet
- Born
- 1940 · Sabzevar.
- Died
- 1981 · Tehran.
- Nationality
- Iran
- Languages
- Persian
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Saeed Soltanpour was an Iranian poet, playwright, and theater director who was deeply involved in left-wing politics and a member of the Iranian Writers Association. He was executed on July 26, 1981, by the Islamic Republic authorities during the 1981–1982 Iran Massacres.
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• Name — Saeed Soltanpour • Occupation — * Poet • Playwright • Theater director
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A founding member of Iran's Theatre Society in 1968, many of his plays faced censorship in Iran. His final play was titled Koshtargah ("Slaughter House"). In 1980, he was elected to the Executive Committee of the Writers Association of Iran. During his summary trial in 1981, Soltanpour stated that he viewed the Islamic Republic as a corrupt government that would soon be "crushed by the people it has betrayed." Judge Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani declared him a "crusader against God", and sentenced him to death.
Ettela'at Newspaper of 25 Ordibehesht 1358 SH (15 May 1979)
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سعید سلطانپور
Ketab-e Jomeh · (۴ مرداد ۱۳۵۸). " عباس آقا، کارگر ایران ناسیونال ". کتاب جمعه (۱): ۱۵۸.
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- 1.Constantini, Humberto. Saeed Soltanpour: On this shore of fear. Index on Censorship. 1. 16. 12. 1982. 10.1080/03064228208533450.
- 2.Saeed Soltanpour Killed.
- 3.KHOMEINI STRIPS BANI-SADR OF OFFICE, LEAVING IRAN'S CLERGY IN FULL. New York Times. 1981.
- 4.Onderzoekers lanceren online database over de grootste massamoord uit de Iraanse geschiedenis. 21 June 2022.
- 5.Nasiri, Shahin. Investigating the 1981 Massacre in Iran: On the Law-Constituting Force of Violence. Journal of Genocide Research. 26. 2. 164–187. 28 July 2022. 10.1080/14623528.2022.2105027.
- 6.Costantini, Humberto. Saeed Soltanpour: On this shore of fear. Index on Censorship. 11. 6. 12. 1982. 10.1080/03064228208533450.
- 7.Iran: Terror in the Name of God. Time.com.
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