Manouchehr Shafaei

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]

Manoochehr Shafaei

Manouchehr Shafaei, 2012.
Personal information
Nationality	Iranian and Germans
Born	(1949-09-23) 23 September 1949 (age 75) Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	University of Tehran
Occupations	Human rights activists inventor
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event	sabre
Medal record Representing  Iran Asian Games 1974 Tehran Team sabre 1974 Tehran Individual sabre