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August 31, 2010
Three Iranian Jewish men Murdered in West Hollywood, suspect arrested
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On the evening of Aug. 26, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies found three men identified as Iranian Jews shot to death inside an apartment located in the 600 block of North Kings Road in West Hollywood.
The victims were identified as Pirooz Moussazadeh, 27; his brother, Shahriar Moussazadeh, 38; and Bernard Khalili, 27, according to Craig Harvey, chief of investigations for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
On Aug. 30, Harold Yong Park, 31, of East Hollywood was arrested in connection with the three homicides and, investigators say, the robbery of several pounds of marijuana.
According to Dara Abaei, head of the Pico-Robertson-based Jewish Unity Network, Khalili was the brother of Bianca Khalili, a Beverly Hills High School senior who in 2008 fell from the roof of a Century City high-rise. Los Angeles police ruled Bianca Khalili’s death a suicide.
Deputies arrived at the West Hollywood apartment just after 9 p.m. on Aug. 26, responding to 911 calls from neighbors who had reported hearing gunshots, a sheriff’s department report says. Sheriff’s officials told local media that no weapons, drugs or signs of forced entry could be found at the apartment.
Abaei, an Iranian Jewish community activist, said local Iranian Jews are expressing shock and fear at the news of the murders.
“Both young people and parents in the community are very upset. I don’t think we as a community have had such a major incident of deaths like this in 25 years — the last one I can remember was in Iran, when three Jewish men were killed in a car accident,” Abaei said.
“This is the worst tragedy in our community in the last 30 years. We all feel the pain of these two families and pray for their peace,” said Mehdi Soroudi, president of the Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills.
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Im very sorry for the victims, however it is important to note that they are not “Iranians from Iran”, they are persian jews who consider Isreal their state. The term Iranian and Iran are always mistakenly used in the media to make Iranians look bad.
- Comment by sara on 9/04/10 at 3:31 pm
what is that have to do with israel thare are Iranians ho live in USA
and thare are persian jews in israel Who care very much for Iran
I myself would want to go see the place of my grandmother’s childhood
and by the way thare are jews from iran ho come to israel to see Family
and yat what is it have to do with the iran state- Comment by uria on 12/26/10 at 12:41 pm
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Once again “Israeli Ammericans” are identified as “Iranians” when involved in criminal activity and give real Iranians in LA a bad reputation. Please stop this abuse of the noble name of “Iran”.