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Maryam Majd, an Iranian photojournalist, has disappeared on her way from Tehran, Iran, to Dusseldorf in Germany, according to Petra Landers, a former national football player. In a letter to the German Foreign Office, Landers who met Maryam Majd earlier this year during a trip to Iran, explains what happened: “When I wanted to pick her up at 10:30 am on the 17th of June 2011 from Düsseldorf airport, I realized that she was not on the plane. (Mahan Airlines confirmed that Ms. Majd was not on board). By phone she was no longer reachable because the phone was switched off. Since that day nobody in Iran or in Germany has heard from Maryam Majd.” This is Majd’s blog (in Persian).
Maryam Majd had expressed to Landers her interest in women’s sports and the pair had planned that she would accompany Landers for two months during the Women Soccer World Cup 2011 in Germany, in order to produce a phtographic record of the different soccer teams. Landers bought the plane ticket for Maryam Majd, purchased health insurance for her, and took care of all other formalities. On the day Maryam Majd was due to travel to Germany she called Landers from Tehran airport and confirmed that the flight would shortly be departing.
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