April 5, 1962 - Saeed Hanaei
Hanaei carried out his killings with a calculated methodology — luring victims to a domestic space where he exercised total control — and the ideological framing he applied to his crimes drew as much attention as the crimes themselves, since he claimed moral justification for targeting women he deemed socially undesirable. The case exposed fault lines in Iranian public discourse, with some voices expressing sympathy or even admiration for him during his trial, a response that disturbed human rights observers and complicated straightforward readings of the case as simple criminality.
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Saeed Hanaei or Said Hanai (Persian: سعید حنایی; 1962 – April 17, 2002) was an Iranian serial killer, arrested in 2001 for the murders of at least 16 women in Mashhad. Hanaei was referred to as the "Spider Killer" for the way he lured his victims, mainly prostitutes, back to his home before strangling them. His arrest caused controversy in Iran at the time, with some religious extremists expressing support for his self-described fight against "moral corruption". He was executed by hanging on April 17, 2002.
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