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A horrific case shocks the Iran. A couple is accused of throwing sedatives at their son’s food, stabbing him and then dismembering his body in a “crime of honor”. The same couple has also confessed to killing their daughter and son-in-law in the same way.
Akbar and Iran Khorramdin, 81 and 74, arrested three weeks ago in Tehran on suspicion of killing director son Babak. His dismembered body had previously been found in a rubbish bin near their home.
When questioned by police, the couple confessed that they had killed him because he was single. Then thepleaded guilty to killing Faramarz’s son-in-law and Arezou’s daughter years ago for their “immoral” behavior, as reported by Iranian media quoted by the Daily Mail.
“I do not have a guilty conscience for any of the murders. “Those I killed were extremely morally corrupt,” the father said during a court appearance.
Babak’s mother, Iran, added that “We both planned the killings. My husband said it and I said OK. I’m not sad at all. I suffered a lot because of them “.
Police are continuing their investigation into the crimes, according to the Iranian website Tasnim.
The couple faces up to 10 years in prison for the murder of their children in the event of a strict interpretation of Iranian law, which provides for less severe punishments for parents who kill their children, according to the Daily Mail. However, they can be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of killing their son-in-law.
The gruesome story first came to light on May 16th when cleaners discovered a dismembered corpse in a bin near the Ekbatan neighborhood.
Police were called and identified the victim as Babak Khorramdin, a director who studied and worked in London since 2010 before returning to Iran to teach.
Police went to the parents’ house and arrested them when they found evidence inside. They initially denied the killings, but later confessed that they had put sedatives in their son’s food and then stabbed him while he was semi-unconscious. They transported his body to the bathroom, where they dismembered it, put its limbs in a suitcase and threw it in the trash.
By the same methods they had killed 10 years before daughter and their groom. The latter was killed because he was abusive and the daughter because she was doing drugs and bringing lovers home. The couple claimed that both had disappeared, presumably that they had left to live abroad and that the police never investigated their disappearance.
It is now being investigated whether there are other family members who have mysteriously disappeared.