By IRNA
Moscow : Two Iranian police detectives are likely to be dispatched to Russia to help Russian police track down culprits involved in the murder of the son of a staff member of Iran’s Embassy in Moscow, it was reported on Sunday.
Ahmad-Reza Khorrami, the 19-year-old son of a embassy staff, was stabbed to death by unknown assailants near diplomatic residential area in Moscow in September 2007.
Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Gholam-Reza Ansari, said that based on agreements previously reached between Iranian and Russian officials, it was scheduled that two Iranian detectives be dispatched to Russia upon a request of Iran’s Judiciary and approval of Russian Prosecutor’s office, to help Russian police force follow up Khorrami’s case.
The ambassador said the decision to send Iranian detectives to Moscow was made after no remarkable progress has been made during the past six months on the case.
Referring to relentless efforts of Iran’s Embassy to follow up the case, Ansari regretted that Russian officials have not done more than expressing regret over the incident.
Racist attacks on foreign nationals in Russia have increased in the past several years leaving scores of people dead and many others injured.
Culprits have not been identified in many cases while Moscow has promised to take further measures in this connection.
A Russian think thank has recently announced that in 2007 some 48 people were dead and 436 more injured by Russian racist assailants in the country.
Following Khorrami’s murder, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexander Sadovnikov on September 17, 2007, voicing Tehran’s strong protest at the incident.
Iran urged Russia’s judicial investigation into the issue and bringing the culprits to justice.