Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Iranian politician (born 1952)
Mohammad-Ali Najafi (Persian: محمدعلی نجفی; born 13 January 1952) is an Iranian mathematician, reformist politician, and murderer. He was the Mayor of Tehran for eight months, until April 2018, when he resigned after a video surfaced of him attending a dance performed by schoolgirls. He held cabinet portfolios during the 1980s, 1990s and 2010s. He is also a retired professor of mathematics at Sharif University of Technology.
In May 2019, Najafi murdered one of his two wives. He was sentenced to death. Najafi was released from the death penalty following the "forgiveness" of his deceased wife's family.
His sentence was reduced to six years and six months in prison for manslaughter plus one year and three months in prison for possession of an unlicensed firearm, but the Supreme Court of Iran overturned a preliminary court ruling, and the case was reopened. In May 2020, Najafi, while being held in prison, said he had paid 100 billion rials (approximately $650,000) to Ostad's immediate relatives and that they had given him their forgiveness. Najafi was released from prison in April 2023, having paid blood money and received a pardon from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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