2023-10-23 09:07:15
Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui, stabbed with his wife on October 15, was murdered by his former gardener, according to Iranian justice.
Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui was stabbed to death on October 15, along with his wife, by his former gardener due to a financial dispute, Iranian justice said on Monday.
“The main suspect worked as a gardener in Mr. Mehrjui’s villa and he was angry with him for financial issues,” explained the head of justice for the province of Alborz, close to Tehran, Hossein Fazeli-Harikandi.
The director owed 300 million rials (around 600 euros) to his ex-employee, according to him.
Emotions were strong in Iran following the announcement of the death of Dariush Mehrjui, pioneer of the advent of Iranian cinema, stabbed to death at the age of 83 on October 15 with his wife Vahideh Mohammadifar, a screenwriter aged 54, at their home in Karaj, west of the Iranian capital.
Four people involved
A total of four people are involved in this murder. They entered the villa and the ex-gardener hit and then stabbed Dariush Mehrjui in the neck while he was watching television. His wife was killed in her bedroom, according to the courts.
Many Iranian filmmakers, including Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, attended the October 18 funeral in Tehran of Mehrjui, author of The Cow in 1969, and his wife.
The same day, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi dismissed any “link between this murder and the serial assassinations” of dissident intellectuals committed by the country’s secret police in 1998.
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