Safa Mostafazadeh and Danial Alizadeh Age: 31
Shot to death: January 18, 2025
Residence: Maku, West Azerbaijan
Origin: Iran
Perpetrator: Husband/Father
On January 18, 2025, a man in Maku, in West Azerbaijan province, murdered his wife and 11-year-old son, identified as Safa Mostafazadeh and Danial Alizadeh.
Safa Mostafazadeh intended to separate from her husband, Yaser Alizadeh, but despite her many efforts, she did not receive support from those around her for a divorce. Each time, family members and her husband mediated and sent her back home.
Hours before the murder, several neighbors heard the couple’s young son begging his father, "Don’t kill her," but they did not intervene, believing that "family disputes are a private matter."