Irsan could have faced life in prison if convicted of capital murder for the January 2012 fatal shooting of Gelareh Bagherzadeh (GEL'-uh-ray buh-GAR'-zuh-day). Prosecutors say Irsan’s family is Muslim and was angry that his sister wed a Christian and converted. Bagherzadeh encouraged her friend to marry Coty Beavers. He was slain in late 2012.In addition to federal fraud charges, Irsan, 57, is charged with murder in Harris County for the shooting death of Gelareh Bagherzadeh in January 2012. According to Angela Dodge, public affairs officer with the U.S. Attorney's Office-Southern District of Texas, “The agencies were on the scene conducting a lawful action related to an …Jul 31, 2018 · The case made international headlines after Irsan was arrested in 2014 for the shooting deaths of Coty Beavers, 28, and Gelareh Bagherzadeh, a 30-year-old medical researcher at MD Anderson and a ... Photos of the Gelareh Bagherzadeh murder case Houston Chronicle On Jan. 15, 2012, the Houston community was rocked by the mysterious murder of Iranian activist and M.D. Anderson student Gelareh ...Please take a moment to sign this petition. Your signature might help bring these murderers to justice.Find Justice for Gelareh Bagherzadeh. 525 likes. (www.onlyjustice.org) Crime Stoppers will pay up to $200,000 cash reward for any information called in to the 713-222-8477 tip hotline or submitted...Motive for Murder. Is as Tragic as It Gets. The case almost went cold for good. On Jan. 15, 2012, Gelareh Bagherzadeh was sitting in the driver's seat of her silver Nissan Altima when she was shot ...Published August 14, 2018. News. FOX 26 Houston. HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Ali Irsan, 60, has been sentenced to the death penalty in the "honor killings" of son-in-law and daughter's close friend. Prosecutors say Irsan killed his victims, Gelareh Bagherzadeh and Coty Beavers, 11 months apart in 2012 to restore his honor after his daughter converted to ...Gelareh Bagherzadeh Jason Witmer A 30-year-old student at the Texas Medical Center was shot to death driving in her car Monday, yards away from her family's townhome near the Galleria area.Gelareh Bagherzadeh, a fervent Christian convert and Nesreen’s best friend, encouraged the marriage. The 30-year-old was killed in January 2012 when she was gunned down while driving toward her ...Nasim Irsan is taken away after pleading guilty to a murder charge for firing the shot that killed Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, at the urging of his father and mother on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in...May 23, 2014 · Gelareh Bagherzadeh was a close friend of Nesreen Irsan. She and Irsan's husband - the twin brother of Bagherzadeh's boyfriend - were both slain. Nick de la Torre/Staff Gelareh Bagherzadeh was a student and a human rights campaigner in Houston, Texas. As she was born in Tehran, she was passionate about women’s rights …IN MEMORY OF GELAREH BAGHERZADEH ASSASSINATED BY IRI ISLAMIC REGIM OF IRAN IN HOUSTON Iranian women's rights activists Gelareh BagherzadehAli Mahwood-Awad Irsan, 57, who is accused of gunning down an Iranian medical student, Gelareh Bagherzadeh in January 2012, chats with his federal attorney John Floyd, as he appeared in 184th ...Shmou testified against her husband in July 2018, accusing him of pulling the trigger on Coty as a part of a plea bargain to reduce her pending murder charge to kidnapping. Ali was convicted on July 26, 2018, and sentenced to death on August 14, 2018. Nadia pleaded guilty to organized crime in November 2021 in exchange for ten years of …Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, was found dead in her car at the Woodway Point townhomes on Augusta Drive near Sugar Hill on Jan. 16. Her funeral service was held at Second Baptist Church on Monday ...Ali Irsan was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for a double murder. According to court documents Ali Irsan would murder Gelareh Bagherzadeh and Cody Beavers. Ali Irsan would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death Texas Death Row Inmates List Ali Irsan 2021 Information Ali Irsan More News When Nesreen Irsan, a 23 …Jul 26, 2018 · Irsan was charged with capital murder because his alleged crime involved multiple victims his daughter s best friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian medical student and activist, and his daughter ... Gelareh Bagherzadeh Jason Witmer A 30-year-old student at the Texas Medical Center was shot to death driving in her car Monday, yards away from her family's townhome near the Galleria area.Irsan was charged with capital murder because his alleged crime involved multiple victims his daughter s best friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian medical student and activist, and his daughter ...Jan 18, 2012 · A Texas medical student and outspoken Iranian activist was killed in Texas while driving near her parents’ house — leaving authorities baffled and her friends and family devastated. Gel… Aug 6, 2018 · Irsan was charged with capital murder because his alleged crime involved multiple victims his daughter s best friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian medical student and activist, and his daughter ... Jan 18, 2012 · A Texas medical student and outspoken Iranian activist was killed in Texas while driving near her parents’ house — leaving authorities baffled and her friends and family devastated. Gel… Weeks earlier the same jury quickly found him guilty of the double homicide of his 28-year-old son-in-law, Coty Beavers, in November 2012, and Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian activist who was a ...The first honor killing took place in January 2012, when Nesreen’s close friend, a medical researcher and Iranian activist named Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, was shot to death outside her parents ...Still no answers 6 months after Iranian student's killing. By Lomi Kriel Updated Aug 6, 2012 1:13 a.m. Gelareh Bagherzadeh was killed as she was heading to her Galleria-area home. Nick de la Torre ...Gelareh Bagherzadeh was an Iranian activist who believed that, in America, she was free to criticize Islam's view of women. Her freedom was taken away in...Coty Beavers Memorial. 584 likes · 1 talking about this. Coty Beavers was murdered in his home on November 12, 2012. This page is dedicated to bringing...Nasim Irsan is taken away after pleading guilty to a murder charge for firing the shot that killed Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, at the urging of his father and mother on …Hoping to bring the investigation to a successful conclusion, the Crime Stoppers chapter of Houston announced the largest cash reward for any case in the organization's history, offering $200,000 for "information that leads to an arrest or the filing of felony charges" in the alleged murder of Gelareh Bagherzadeh, according to a …Gelareh Bagherzadeh - Graduate student and political activist found murdered in the driveway of her family’s Houston townhome in January 2012. Ebrahim Bagherzadeh & Monireh Zangeneh - Gelareh ...Find Justice for Gelareh Bagherzadeh · June 26, 2012 · · June 26, 2012 ·Both Coty Beavers, 28, and Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian student studying molecular genetics, were killed about 10 months apart in 2012. Authorities say they now know why.Gelareh Bagherzadeh was a close friend of Nesreen Irsan. She and Irsan's husband - the twin brother of Bagherzadeh's boyfriend - were both slain. Nick de la Torre/StaffHoping to bring the investigation to a successful conclusion, the Crime Stoppers chapter of Houston announced the largest cash reward for any case in the organization's history, offering $200,000 for "information that leads to an arrest or the filing of felony charges" in the alleged murder of Gelareh Bagherzadeh, according to a …http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/200-000-reward-in-slaying-is-Crime-Stoppers-3561060.phpIrsan was charged with capital murder because his alleged crime involved multiple victims his daughter s best friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian medical student and activist, and his daughter ...Jan 20, 2012 · As a new American resident, Gelareh Bagherzadeh frequently embraced her freedom to speak critically about human rights policies in her native Iran, but friends and family members said they never knew her peaceful activism to attract any enemies. Gelareh Bagherzadeh: Crime Stoppers Offers Record $200,000 Reward For Tips On Her Murderby vildemose on Tue Jan 17, 2012 04:51 PM PST. A Texas Medical Center student and Iranian activist was shot dead on Monday in Houston. Gelareh Bagherzadeh was driving her car near her parents house when she was shot. "When the officer arrived, the car's tires were still spinning," Officer J.C. Padilla told click2houston.com.Apr 22, 2015 · Investigators in Houston now say a high-profile Iranian activist was gunned down in 2012 because she converted a Muslim friend to Christianity. Gelareh Bagherzadeh was a medical student and Iranian activist in Houston. By ABC News. January 17, 2012, 2:37 PM. Jan. 17, 2012 — -- A Texas medical student well-known in her community as an ...Find Justice for Gelareh Bagherzadeh. 523 likes. (www.onlyjustice.org) Crime Stoppers will pay up to $200,000 cash reward for any information called iA Texas man has been indicted in the shooting death of Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an outspoken Iranian activist who was killed two years ago outside her parents' affluent Houston townhouse.Irsan was charged with capital murder because his alleged crime involved multiple victims — his daughter’s best friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian medical student and activist, and his ...Irsan was charged with capital murder because his alleged crime involved multiple victims his daughter s best friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian medical student and activist, and his daughter ...Clues sought in activist's killing. Newsletters; Sign InGelareh Bagherzadeh was shot to death outside her Galleria area town home on Jan. 15, 2012. Bagherzadeh was killed on Augusta Drive near Sugar Hill Drive. Her car was found at the back of a town ...Houston CNN — Homicide detectives here say they are exploring every possible avenue, as they investigate the assassination-style killing of an Iranian dissident in mid-January. Gelareh...For years, Gelareh Bagherzade’s murder confounded Houston investigators. ... Cory, was the last to see Gelareh Bagherzadeh alive. Soon, family members and Harris County Sheriff's Office ...He faces the death penalty if he is convicted for the 2012 deaths of his son-in-law, Coty Beavers, and his daughter’s close friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh. He flatly denied being involved with ...Jan 17, 2013 · January 17, 2013. A year ago Jan. 16, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, was found shot dead in her car just after midnight as she returned to her parents’ townhouse near the Galleria in west Houston. An aspiring molecular geneticist and an Iranian-born human rights activist, she’d been studying at a friend’s house in north Houston until late that ... Irsan’s trial in Houston lasted five weeks, but jurors deliberated for just 35 minutes Thursday before convicting him in the deaths of Coty Beavers and Gelareh Bagherzadeh, according to the Houston Chronicle. A sentencing hearing was set to begin Friday. Irsan faces life in prison or the death penalty.Find Justice for Gelareh Bagherzadeh. 519 likes · 1 talking about this. (www.onlyjustice.org) Crime Stoppers will pay up to $200,000 cash reward for any information called iFunerals are an important part of the grieving process, allowing us to honor and remember our loved ones who have passed away. In Brisbane, there are a variety of funeral services ...Jan 17, 2013 · January 17, 2013. A year ago Jan. 16, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, was found shot dead in her car just after midnight as she returned to her parents’ townhouse near the Galleria in west Houston. An aspiring molecular geneticist and an Iranian-born human rights activist, she’d been studying at a friend’s house in north Houston until late that ... Obituaries; Public Notices; Help Center; ... Ali Irsan, 57, was indicted by a grand jury in Houston on Thursday in the January 2012 killing of Gelareh Bagherzadeh, who also was an outspoken critic ...The Houston death penalty trial of a father accused of killing his son-in-law and his...New details emerge in slaying of Iranian student. Gelareh Bagherzadeh during a protest outside the Islamic Education Center Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, in Houston. James Nielsen/. About 45 minutes ...Jan 17, 2012 · Gelareh Bagherzadeh was a medical student and Iranian activist in Houston. By ABC News. January 17, 2012, 2:37 PM. Jan. 17, 2012 — -- A Texas medical student well-known in her community as an ... Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan was found guilty of capital murder last month in the 2012 fatal shootings of his son-in-law, Coty Beavers, and his daughter’s friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh. The Harris County jury deliberated for just 35 minutes — after five weeks of testimony — before reaching the verdict in Houston.Ali Bagherzadeh, 27, called on anyone with information about the death of his sister, 30-year-old Gelareh Bagherzadeh, to call the hotline and submit an anonymous tip. "She was the only close ...