Afghanistan, Feb. 5 -- Iranian media have reported two separate incidents of familial homicides occurring on Sunday, February 3, 2025, in the provinces of East Azerbaijan and Hamadan. In the first incident, a 51-year-old man in Bonab, East Azerbaijan, fatally shot his 44-year-old wife, 15-year-old daughter, and 11-year-old son before taking his own life.
In the second case, a young man in Jorqan, Hamadan province, used a handgun to kill his wife, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law at his mother-in-law's residence. After committing the murders, he returned home and died by suicide.
These tragic events have drawn significant attention to the issue of familial homicides in Iran. While many such cases are attributed to domestic ...