Ahmad Tafazzoli

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| birth_date = December 16, 1937

| birth_place = Isfahan

| death_date = January 1997

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Ahmad Tafazzoli (December 16, 1937, Isfahan – January 15, 1997, Tehran) ({{langx|fa|احمد تفضلی}}) was an Iranian Iranist and professor of ancient Iranian languages and culture at Tehran University.[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/tafazzoli-ahmad Philippe Gignoux, "TAFAŻŻOLI, AḤMAD", Encyclopaedia Iranica Online]

One of his most important books is Pre-Islamic Persian Literature. Jaleh Amouzegar contributed in editing it.

In January 1997, Ahmad Tafazzoli was found dead{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gijG7fSwvjAC&q=Ahmad+Tafazzoli+found+dead&pg=PA72|title=The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes|last=Newton|first=Michael|date=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9781438119144|language=en}} in Punak, a suburb northwest of Tehran near Jannat Abad. He was known to have contacts with Iranian academics working abroad, and many of his colleagues believed that the authorities were behind his death, as part of the chain murders of Iran. While the precise circumstances remained unclear, Tafazzoli's death created a climate of fear at the university and discouraged criticism of the government.{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/worldreport/Mideast-04.htm|title=Human Rights Watch World Report 1998|publisher=Human Rights Watch|access-date=October 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090443/http://www.hrw.org/worldreport/Mideast-04.htm|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}