Manoochehr Shafaei | |
Birth Date: | 1949 9, df=y |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Alma Mater: | University of Tehran |
Residence: | Hannover, Germany |
Nationality: | Iranian and Germans |
Sport: | Fencing |
Event: | sabre |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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 and retired sabre fencer. As a fencer he won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games. He also coached his younger sister Mahvash.