Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui (83), wife stabbed to death
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Leading auteur director Dariush Mehrjui, revered globally for his contribution to Iranian cinema's New Wave movement, has been stabbed to death by an unknown assailant at his residence in Karaj, near Tehran, reported Iranian media. His wife, writer Vahideh Mohammadifar, also succumbed to the deadly attack. Reportedly, their dead bodies were tragically discovered by his daughter Mona Mehrjui on Saturday evening (local time).