Asghar-e Ghatel was born in Iran and moved to Iraq as a child with his family. He began assaulting, raping, and later murdering, adolescent boys in Baghdad when he was fourteen years old. Escaping back to Iran in 1933, he continued his murders in Tehran where he was eventually arrested and executed. Asghar-e Ghatel was convicted of raping and killing 33 young adults, eight in Tehran and the rest in Baghdad.
