▁and ▁did ▁not ▁return ▁home . ▁A ▁week ▁later ▁his ▁body ▁was ▁identified ▁at ▁the ▁coron er ' s ▁office . ▁The ▁next ▁to ▁disappear ▁was ▁Moh amm ad ▁J af ar ▁P ou y ande h , ▁an ▁author ▁and ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁active ▁transl ators ▁of ▁the ▁country ," ▁whose ▁body ▁was ▁discovered ▁four ▁days ▁after ▁leaving ▁his ▁office ▁on ▁ 8 ▁December . ▁P oo y ande h ▁and ▁M ok ht ari ' s ▁bodies ▁were ▁both ▁found ▁around ▁Shah ri ar , ▁a ▁" min i - city " ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁Te h ran , ▁and ▁both ▁had ▁apparently ▁been ▁str ang led . ▁On ▁the ▁day ▁P oo y ande h ' s ▁body ▁was ▁found , ▁ 1 2 ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁fifty ▁writers ▁called ▁on ▁President ▁K hat ami ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁persons ▁behind ▁the ▁cr imes . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁other ▁susp icious ▁and ▁un sol ved ▁mur ders ▁of ▁diss idents ▁over ▁the ▁previous ▁de cade ▁were ▁put ▁forward ▁by ▁reform ers ▁as ▁connected : ▁A hm ad ▁Mir ala ee , ▁E bra him ▁Z al za de h , ▁Gh af ar ▁H os se ini , ▁Man ou che hr ▁S ane ie ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁F iro o ze h ▁Kal ant ari , ▁A hm ad ▁T af azz oli . ▁The ▁body ▁of ▁Maj id ▁Sh ar if , ▁a ▁transl ator ▁and ▁journalist ▁who ▁contributed