Mohammad Ja’far Pyuandeh; Hushang Golshiri; Kazem Kordavani; ‘Ali Ashraf Darvishiyan; Mansur Kushan and Mohammad Mokhtari (dead): Amnesty International is gravely concerned for the safety of the writers named above who were questioned by the authorities in October for their attempt to establish an independent writers’ association. Mohammad Mokhtari “disappeared” on 3 December and was found dead six days later. Mohammas Ja’far Puyandeh has been missing since 9 December 1998.
