Iranian director killed by his parents for being single

Tehran criminal court chief Mohammad Shahriari confirmed to the Arab site the murder was being investigated as an “honor killing”, a type of homicide carried out to “protect” the maid. reputation of a family.

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Iranian director killed by parents for being single

In this case, Khorramdin’s father confessed that he felt “no remorse” for killing his son since he did not wish to marry and that his eternal celibacy had led him to commit filicide. The filmmaker’s mother was also arrested for the crime as the police investigation progressed.

In addition, investigators found evidence of the murder in the family home in Ekbatan, and the filmmaker was stabbed, the British site reported. Daily mail.

Khorramdin graduated from Tehran College of Fine Arts in 2009 and a year later moved to London. There he developed his career with short films such as “Crevice” (“Crack”) and “Oath to Yashar” (“Oath to Yashar”), but soon after he returned to the capital of the Iran to teach film students.

Khorramdin’s “honor” crime occurred shortly after that of Ali Fazeli Monfared, a young man murdered by his family because he was gay, or that of Romina Ashfrafi, 14, beheaded by loved ones with the same excuse.