Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui was stabbed to death on Saturday evening with his wife at their home near Tehran, after a long career that had helped bring international recognition to Iranian cinema.
Dariush Mehrjui, who was 83, was regarded as one of the greatest exponents of Iranian cinema, having worked as a director, producer and scriptwriter for six decades, during which time he faced censorship both before and after the Islamic revolution of 1979.