Murder
Khorramdin was murdered by his parents Akbar and Iran in Ekbatan, Tehran, in May 2021.[8][9] On 16 May, after parts of his mutilated body were found by a municipal worker in Ekbatan, Khorramdin's parents were arrested by the police and subsequently confessed to killing their son.[10] The parent were unrepentant, accusing their son of being corrupt[11] for not having married.
On 17 May, Khorramdin's father confessed that he and his wife had drugged and anesthetized their child and tied his legs with a linen bandage, put a plastic bandage around his neck, and stabbed him several times afterwards.[12] After mutilating their son's body in their bathroom, his remains were put in three handbags and dumped in the garbage bins in phase 3 of Ekbatan, Ariashahr and Maidan Sanat around midnight. Akbar Khorramdin stated that their motivation for the murder was the victim's mistreatment towards them and his apparently unfounded relationships with students.[13][14]
On 19 May, Khorramdin's parents confessed that they had killed their son-in-law Faramarz and daughter Arezoo in the same way in 2011 and 2018,[15] dismembering them and throwing their bodies in the trash. Lack of "morality" was the motivation behind killing their son-in-law,[16] while the reason for their daughter's murder was described by them as "alcohol and drug use and affairs with strangers."[17] According to officials, a licensed psychiatrist has confirmed the couple's mental well-being.[18]
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Babak Khorramdin's parents in the criminal court -
Tributes left on a wall in the Ekbatan district
