Mohammed Bijeh
Mohammed Bijeh (1983 – 16 March 2005) was an Iranian serial killer. He was convicted of raping and killing 54 young boys between September 2001 and September 2004, and was sentenced to 100 lashes followed by execution. All the boys were between 8 and 15 years old. The murder of children around Tehran was recognized as the largest criminal case in Iran for the last 71 years, and strongly influenced public opinion in the country.[2][3]
Mohammed Bijeh | |
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Born | 1983 |
Died | 16 March 2005 21–22) Pakdasht, Iran | (aged
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Conviction(s) | Murder |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Details | |
Victims | 54 |
Span of crimes | September 2001 – September 2004 |
Country | Iran |
State(s) | Pakdasht |
Biography
Muhammad Basjee, known as Bijeh, was born into a crowded family; he had six brothers and six half-brothers. When he was four years old, his mother died of cancer. His father was a merchant who married immediately after the death of Bijeh’s mother. Bijeh couldn't remember his mother and said that his father was a barbaric person who beat him and chained his legs during childhood.
His father forced him to abandon school and work. He was 11 when he moved to Khatunabad with his family, where he began working at a furnace. Around then, he was raped multiple times.
Motivation
He admitted that he had been raped and wanted to take revenge on the community, and that he suffered from his mother's early death and the lack of affection he suffered in childhood.[2] Bijeh commented on his main motive for the murders: "I suffered cruelly from childhood, and when I compared my life with others, I had to commit such acts."[4]
Victims
List of victims of Bijeh
Number | Name | Sex | Age | Date of Murder | Notes |
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1 | Mehrab Mandani | M | 10 | 27 September 2001 | |
2 | Arash Luloui | M | 11 | 2 October 2001 | |
3 | Gholam Alizadeh | M | 9 | 6 October 2001 | |
4 | Hamed Sadeghpour | M | 13 | 20 October 2001 | |
5 | Nematullah Yarmohammadi | M | 15 | 25 October 2001 | |
6 | Mehrzad Rudgari | M | 14 | 3 November 2001 | |
7 | Esfandiar Ghayashi | M | 10 | 8 November 2001 | |
8 | Mustafa Shafaat | M | 12 | 12 November 2001 | |
9 | Ibrahim Arabi | M | 11 | 28 November 2001 | |
10 | Mahmoud Batani | M | 8 | 2 December 2001 | |
11 | Hadi Beygi | M | 14 | 8 December 2001 | |
12 | SeyyedReza Hejazi | M | 12 | 11 December 2001 | |
13 | Latif Hasanpour | M | 13 | 22 December 2001 | |
14 | Vahid Saidinejad | M | 12 | 29 December 2001 | |
15 | Gharman vaghefi | M | 10 | 6 January 2002 | |
16 | Ravanbakhsh Shahbazi | M | 11 | 12 January 2002 | |
17 | Saleh Sheykihan | M | 13 | 19 January 2002 | |
18 | Rahim Agheli | M | 11 | 3 February 2002 | |
19 | Majid Aragi | M | 8 | 12 February 2002 | |
20 | Afshin alavi | M | 12 | 18 February 2002 | |
21 | Abdolhakim Ghafari | M | 9 | 24 February 2002 | |
22 | khosro kianpour | M | 11 | 20 March 2002 | |
23 | Mirza Goodarzi | M | 14 | 9 May 2002 | |
24 | lraj lashgari | F | 12 | 14 June 2002 | |
25 | Jalal Maherlnagsh | M | 15 | 18 June 2002 | |
26 | Mahdi Modersi | M | 12 | 23 June 2002 | |
27 | Mostafa Mardani | M | 9 | 1 July 2002 | |
28 | Mosa Nematizadeh | M | 14 | 16 July 2002 | |
29 | Naser Norozi | M | 11 | 15 September 2002 | |
30 | Mohammed Mohsen vazin | M | 8 | 29 October 2002 | |
31 | Jahangir Yadgari | M | 11 | 4 February 2003 | |
32 | Bager Nazrian | M | 11 | 17 February 2003 | |
33 | Yosef Mehnati | M | 8 | 9 April 2003 | |
34 | Aref Sokoti | M | 12 | 3 May 2003 | |
35 | hassan Abulhassenian | M | 10 | 8 July 2003 | |
36 | Yagob Yalvar | M | 14 | 11 August 2003 | |
37 | payam honeryar | M | 8 | 28 August 2003 | |
38 | Adel Varmrziari | M | 11 | 16 September 2003 | |
39 | Zabiolah Nasernejad | M | 12 | 4 October 2003 | |
40 | Homan Mostofi | M | 9 | 27 October 2003 | |
41 | Parviz Golshai | M | 8 | 12 December 2003 | |
42 | Mashalah Kabari | M | 10 | 3 January 2004 | |
43 | Majid Kochchpour | M | 11 | 17 February 2004 | |
44 | Parviz Faizi | M | 12 | 12 April 2004 | |
45 | Farhad Farjam | M | 8 | 20 April 2004 | |
46 | Sohrab Safari | M | 11 | 28 April 2004 | |
47 | Javad Khalki | M | 8 | 17 May 2004 | |
48 | Fathullah Niknam | M | 14 | 25 May 2004 | |
49 | Alireza Azmoudeh | M | 11 | 22 June 2004 | |
50 | Rasuol Brary | M | 11 | 25 July 2004 | |
51 | Ehsan Baradarn | M | 8 | 2 August 2004 | |
52 | Yahya Khanmohammedi | M | 9 | 4 August 2004 | |
53 | HeydarAli Siamansoury | M | 11 | 8 September 2004 | |
54 | Abolhassan Salehy | M | 13 | 20 September 2004 |
Arrest
Bijah was arrested on 24 September 2004 and tried in Branch 74 of the Tehran Penal Code, under the presiding Judge Mansour Yavarzadeh Yeganeh and his four other lawyers, and by a majority of its judges. On 27 November 2004, he was sentenced to be executed. Bijeh said that if he was not arrested, he would kill 100 children.[5] He said about his death sentence: "I do not deserve to be sentenced to death."[4] Police arrested 16 of their officers in the handling of this case, and the judiciary also announced that Pakdasht prosecutors, as well as two investigators and a prosecutor's office, had filed a "brief" case.[3]
Execution
On 16 March 2005, in Pakdasht, the town near the desert area where the killings occurred, in front of a crowd of about 5,000, Bijeh's shirt was removed, and he was handcuffed to an iron post, where he received his lashings from different judicial officials. He fell to the ground more than once during the punishment but did not cry out. A relative of one of the victims managed to get past security and stab Bijeh. The mother of one of the victims put a blue nylon rope around his neck, and he was hoisted about 10 meters in the air by a crane until he died.[6]
See also
References
- "Kids who are still hearing from brick burning furnaces" (in Persian). Young journalists club. 28 September 2013.
- Bibi Farsi - Detention of 22 child killers around Tehran
- Bibi Persian - The trial of a person accused of killing Pakdasht children
- What is the news of the compatriot Bijeh and Shahla in Evin
- Bijeh hanged in public, Iranian news agencies gooya news: politics
- Bibi Farsi - The killer of Pakdasht children was executed