Tehran Times Mohammad Ali Najafi, a former mayor of Tehran, has been pardoned for killing his wife, Mitra Ostad. Mitra Ostad was Najafis second wife. Masoud Afraze, a lawyer representing the murdered wife, told ISNA on Wednesday that Mitras brother, Masoud Ostad, had announced the pardon. According to ISNA, Masoud Ostad had published a post ...

Tasnim Mohammad Ali Najafi, a former Iranian vice president and mayor of Tehran, was sentenced to death for killing his wife, the Judiciarys spokesman announced on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said Najafi was convicted of murder and sentenced to Qisas, an Islamic term meaning ...

Al-Monitor - Mitra Ostad, the second wife of former politician Mohammad Ali Najafi, was found dead in her northwest Tehran flat around noon May 28. According to a police report, the 35-year-old victim had been shot in the chest and an arm. As the story flooded news outlets and social media, perhaps few Iranians would have pointed the finger of blame ...