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Manouchehr Shafaei
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Manoochehr Shafaei (Persian: منوچهر شفایی; born 23 September 1949) is an Iranian human rights activist, journalist, founder and owner of the Azadegy magazine,[1] founder and chairman of the board of Human Rights Defending Association for Iran,[2] inventor[3] and retired sabre fencer. As a fencer he won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games.[4] He also coached his younger sister Mahvash.[5]
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Nationality | Iranian and Germans | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1949-09-23) 23 September 1949 (age 74) Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Tehran | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Event | sabre | ||||||||||||||
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