query: place_of_death abolhassan najafi
supports: Abolhassan Najafi , ( 28 June 1929 -- 22 January 2016 ) was an Iranian writer and translator . Najafi was born in Najaf , Iraq , into a family from Isfahan . He began his literary activities in 1960s and translated several books from French into Persian . He co-published a successful literary periodical entitled Jong - e Isfahan ( Persian :     ) . After revolution he published a controversial book on Persian usage entitled Let 's Avoid Mistakes (   ) . Najafi published over twenty books , among these a dictionary on Persian slang , elements of general linguistics and its application to the Persian language . He translated French novels to Persian , notable works from Jean - Paul Sartre ( Le Diable et le bon Dieu , Les sequestres d'Altona , Qu'est - ce que la litérature ) , André Malraux ( Antimémoire ) , Albert Camus ( Caligula ) , Roger Martin du Gard ( Les Thibault ) , Claude Lévi - Strauss ( La race et l'histoire ) , and Antoine de Saint - Exupéry ( Le Petit Prince ) . Najafi was a member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature ( 1990 -- 2016 ) . Iraq (, or ; '; '), officially known as the Republic of Iraq ('; ') is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west. The capital, and largest city, is Baghdad. The main ethnic groups are Arabs and Kurds; others include Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Yazidis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians, and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 36 million citizens are Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism, and Mandeanism also present. The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish. Najaf Governorate ("An Najaf") (or Najaf Province) is a governorate in central and southern Iraq. The capital is the city of Najaf. The other major city is Al Kufah. Both cities are holy to Shia Muslims, who form the majority of the population. Prior to 1976 it was part of the Karbala Governorate. Najaf (BGN: "An Najaf") is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (roughly 100 miles) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2013 was 1,000,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate. It is widely considered the third holiest city of Shia Islam, the Shia worlds spiritual capital and the center of Shi'a political power in Iraq. Baghdad is the capital of the Republic of Iraq. The population of Baghdad, , is approximately 7.216.040 making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran).
candidates: an najaf baghdad iraq karbala kuwait saudi arabia syria tehran turkey
answer: tehran