A well-known movie director and his spouse had been stabbed to demise in Iran: earlier than that, their household was threatened

One of many biggest Iranian movie administrators Dariush Mehrjui and his spouse Wahide Mohammadifar had been brutally stabbed to demise on Saturday night. The couple’s our bodies had been discovered of their residence close to Tehran. Shortly earlier than her demise, the girl gave an interview to the native press, through which she famous that their households had been threatened.

Alborz provincial chief decide Hossein Fazeli-Harikandi mentioned Mehrjui and Mohammadifar “had been killed by a number of stab wounds to the neck.” Particulars had been collected within the materials of The Guardian.

It’s famous that a couple of hours earlier than his demise at roughly 21:00 native time, the director corresponded together with his daughter. He despatched her a textual content message inviting her to dinner. When the lady arrived an hour and a half later to go to her dad and mom at their residence in Karaj, west of Tehran, she discovered her mom and father already useless with deadly wounds on their necks.

Later that day, police mentioned there have been “no indicators of compelled entry on the crime scene,” including that “the door to their residence was not broken.” Nevertheless, regulation enforcement officers nonetheless emphasised that that they had discovered “traces” that, of their opinion, “are associated to the killer.”

The model of the homicide is additional strengthened by the truth that the subsequent day, Sunday, the Etemad newspaper revealed an interview with the director’s spouse, which she gave shortly earlier than her demise. Wahida Mohammadifar admitted to journalists that her household was threatened and their home was robbed.

On the similar time, the chief decide famous: “The investigation confirmed that no complaints had been filed relating to unlawful entry into the Mehrjui household villa and theft of their belongings.”