A spokesman for the Iranian judiciary supplied an replace on the homicide case of Iranian movie director Darius Mehrjoui and his spouse. The case, which is being heard in Alborz province, has had a preliminary ruling. There are 4 defendants within the case.
The first defendant was sentenced to 2 counts of qisa (retaliation in form), the second defendant to twenty years imprisonment and flogging, the third defendant to twenty years imprisonment and the fourth defendant, being a minor, to 5 years in a juvenile correctional establishment.”
He added: “The ruling has been appealed and the case has been despatched to the Supreme Court, the place it’s at present below evaluation.”
As the ultimate verdict has not but been reached, we’ll chorus from disclosing particulars relating to the case.”
Darius Mehrjui and his spouse, Vahideh Mohammadifar, had been discovered stabbed to demise of their villa in Meshkin Dasht, Karaj province on October 14, 2023. Prior to the incident, Vahideh had posted on her social media pages about nameless private threats, together with from non-Iranians armed with knives.
On October 17, Iranian police arrested 10 folks suspected of being concerned within the homicide, together with the “predominant perpetrator.”
A number of days after the homicide, police arrested 4 folks on suspicion of involvement, one in all whom later confessed to being the killer, saying he was a former worker of Meherjui and had a grudge towards him over “monetary points”.