News about Dariush Mehrjui

Dariush Mehrjui, 83, and his companion, Vahideh Mohammadifar, 54, were discovered dead on Saturday night by their daughter, Mona Mehrjui. Both the couples were killed in their home in Karaj, Alborz Province, a 40-minute drive from Tehran. The circumstances surrounding their death are uncertain. The couple were not seen as liberal. There were no signs of compelled entry and no harm was done to their house's doors, according to police. No reports had been lodged into the Mehrjui's illicit entry into the family's house and the robbery of their belongings,' Fazeli-Harikandi said. Mehrjui was prominent in the Iranian New Wave cinema movement of the seventies, and he was considered a pioneer in the field.