Former Tehran mayor shot dead his young wife

Former Tehran mayor shot dead his young wife

Former Tehran mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi

Reported by PMOI/MEK

Iran, May 29, 2019 - In a heinous crime, former Tehran mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi shot and killed his young wife, according to Iran’s state-run news outlets.

Mitra Najafi, who according to the media was much younger than her husband, was killed at her house in the Saadat-abad district of the country’s capital city.

Najafi turned himself in after the coldblooded murder, according to reports, admitting to the killing and citing “family disputes” as the reason behind this horrendous atrocity.

Najafi was the mullahs’ vice president under Iranian regime President Hassan Rouhani back in 2013. He also carried senior positions in numerous previous administrations, including former minister of education during the tenure of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1989-97), former chairman of the Planning and Budget Organization during the tenure of Mohammad Khatami(1997-2005), and a former minister of higher education under Mir Hossein Mousavi when he served as the regime’s prime minister (1981-89).

However, despite the brutality of this action, such nefarious crimes perpetrated by the clerical regime’s officials are not rare and scarce. These cases often go unpunished.

Instead of punishing the culprit, the families of the victims are pressured to remain silent about the crime. Many have been harassed after going public.