On October 14, 2023, prominent Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife, famous costume designer Vahideh Mohammadifar, were brutally murdered. The incident took place at their home on the outskirts of Tehran. At the time of his death, he was 83 and she was 54.
An Iranian director and his wife were brutally murdered. Their daughter found the bodies
According to investigators, at 9 p.m. Dariush Mehrjui sent a message to his daughter, Mona Mehruji, inviting her to dinner. The woman arrived at her parents’ house 1.5 hours later. The crime must have occurred during this time. Gy went inside, and his wife was already dead. They both had numerous cuts, which indicates murder.
It turns out that the crime could have been planned in advance. The next day, October 15, 2023, the Iranian newspaper “Etemad” published an interview with Mohammadifar, in which she expressed concerns about her and her husband’s safety. She revealed that they regularly receive threats via social media, and what’s more, their house was even broken into. Local media report that four suspicious people have been identified so far. However, it is not known whether they were arrested. At this point, no one has been officially charged.
He started the New Wave movement in Iran. His productions were groundbreaking
Dariush Mehrjui was born in 1939 in Tehran. He studied philosophy in the United States, and after returning to the country, he founded a literary magazine. He made his debut as a director in 1967 with the film “Diamond 33”, which was a parody of the James Bond production. In the early 1970s, he initiated the New Wave movement in Iran, of which he was a pioneer. His second film, “The Cow”, is considered the first of this trend and was a breakthrough in the development of social realism cinema. He has won many prestigious awards. He received, among others: The Silver Hugo at the Chicago Festival in 1998 and the Golden Shell in San Sebastian in 1993.
Source: Gazeta
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