Ali Irsan sentenced to death for honor killings | abc13.com

This came via one of my readers so I thought to include it. "Here's a reasonably comprehensive story that gives a background to the case, as well as an interview with the murderer's daughter.

Young widow at center of Houston ‘honor killings’ speaks out to raise awareness

“I think the story needs to be told. There are things that are going on that people need to know about,” she said, . “Even today, people are still terrified of him, even though he’s on death row. There are people who still believe in what he was doing.”

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 “Unfortunately, honor killings are happening in the United States. We hope that law enforcement agencies are paying attention and are taking the necessary steps to train and educate their personnel about the culture, so that senseless killings can be prevented one day,” said Anna Emmons, one of the special prosecutors who put Irsan on death row along with Marie Primm and Jon Stephenson.

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A jury has sentenced Ali Irsan to death for the so-called honor killings of his son-in-law and his daughter's close friend.

On July 26, jurors took just 35 minutes to find Irsan guilty of killing Coty Beavers, who was married to his daughter, and Gelareh Bagherzadeh, his daughter's close friend in 2012.

According to prosecutors, Irsan believed that Beavers and Bagherzadeh were responsible for his daughter converting to Christianity.

Ali Irsan sentenced to death for honor killings | abc13.com