Murder of Arash Kasravi, Zoroastrian Mobad in Kerman; Kerman Prosecutor Claims Financial Disputes
The website “Amordad,” which publishes news related to the Zoroastrian community, reported that the lifeless body of Zoroastrian Mobad Arash Kasravi and two of his companions was found in Mahan.
According to the website, Mobad Kasravi, who had previously collaborated with the “Amordad” website, had returned to his birthplace Kerman last year from the United States, where he lived, to participate in the funeral ceremony of his father and handle inheritance matters.
According to Amordad website, “Some time ago, Mobad Kasravi disappeared along with two of his friends. After searching the residential house, no trace of him was found.”
Three days after Mr. Kasravi and his friends disappeared, “their lifeless bodies were found in the city of Mahan.”
Dakhoda Salari, the prosecutor of Kerman, confirmed the news on Sunday, the fifth of Mordad, stating that “10,000 US dollars were found in the vehicle of one of the victims,” and on this basis concluded that “the motive for the murder was financial disputes.”
According to the judicial official, the bodies of these three people were discovered in a villa a few days ago.
Mr. Salari did not provide further explanation about his claim regarding murder due to “financial disputes” and said that the intelligence police are investigating the case to clarify “the motive of the killers.”
He said that the two other people who were with Mr. Kasravi were between 40 and 50 years old and were Muslim.
Arash Kasravi was 53 years old and had immigrated to California, United States with his family ten years ago.
Meanwhile, the Barsad website, another media outlet that publishes news about the Zoroastrian community, reported that Esfandiar Ekhtiari, the representative of Zoroastrians in parliament, in a conversation with local officials of Kerman province “demanded careful investigation of this incident and action against those responsible.”
Source: Radio Farda
