Honor killing: Dad kills daughter’s best friend and husband in religious feud - TomoNews
- 9 years ago
A family in Houston is facing murder charges for the 2012 death of Iranian activist Gelareh Bagherzadeh.
Investigators said 57-year-old Ali Irsan plotted to kill Bagherzadeh because he blamed her for his daughter’s conversion to Christianity, according to KHOU.
Bagherzadeh, a researcher, was 30 when she was gunned down in front of her parents’ home in the Galleria area of Houston. She and Irsan’s daughter Nesreen were reportedly close friends.
"Nesreen Irsan would not succumb to her father's complete domination and rule of her,” Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said at a press conference. “And she left his home without his permission and went into hiding.”
When Nesreen left home, she married Coty Beavers, who was also a Christian. Irsan stands accused of murdering Beavers just 10 months after Bagherzadeh’s death.
Irsan is facing capital murder charges, while his wife and 21-year-old son face murder charges.
Irsan’s other daughter Nadia is charged with stalking her sister to find out where she and Beavers were living.
Investigators have also reopened the 1999 death of another of Irsan’s son-in-laws. According to court documents, Irsan shot and killed Amjad Alidam after Alidam entered his house. But that case was ruled self-defense.
Now Nesreen claims Irsan lured Alidam to his home, killed him with a shotgun and then staged an attack scene by shooting a pistol into the wall and placing it next to Alidam.
The Irsan family was taken into custody last year following accusations of social security fraud, KHOU reported.
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Investigators said 57-year-old Ali Irsan plotted to kill Bagherzadeh because he blamed her for his daughter’s conversion to Christianity, according to KHOU.
Bagherzadeh, a researcher, was 30 when she was gunned down in front of her parents’ home in the Galleria area of Houston. She and Irsan’s daughter Nesreen were reportedly close friends.
"Nesreen Irsan would not succumb to her father's complete domination and rule of her,” Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said at a press conference. “And she left his home without his permission and went into hiding.”
When Nesreen left home, she married Coty Beavers, who was also a Christian. Irsan stands accused of murdering Beavers just 10 months after Bagherzadeh’s death.
Irsan is facing capital murder charges, while his wife and 21-year-old son face murder charges.
Irsan’s other daughter Nadia is charged with stalking her sister to find out where she and Beavers were living.
Investigators have also reopened the 1999 death of another of Irsan’s son-in-laws. According to court documents, Irsan shot and killed Amjad Alidam after Alidam entered his house. But that case was ruled self-defense.
Now Nesreen claims Irsan lured Alidam to his home, killed him with a shotgun and then staged an attack scene by shooting a pistol into the wall and placing it next to Alidam.
The Irsan family was taken into custody last year following accusations of social security fraud, KHOU reported.
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