SAEDNEWS: Khorram, through his associates in this park, would abduct women and young girls, and even married women who had come to the location with their husbands and children. He would then take them to a special place he had built for himself inside the park, where he allegedly subjected them to sexual assault.
According to reports published by Saed News, citing Jahan News and based on accounts attributed to historical records, newspapers during the Pahlavi period reported incidents of women and girls allegedly disappearing from Khorram Park (present-day Eram Park). However, the reports claimed that these women had not actually disappeared by accident, but were allegedly victims of abduction by individuals connected to Khorram.
The accounts stated that newspapers at the time suggested that some women had fallen into wells located inside the park. Later, in 1977, after repeated allegations of kidnapping and after claims that previous incidents had not been properly investigated or punished, an incident reportedly occurred in which a young woman was forcibly taken from her fiancé. According to these accounts, the young man was allegedly threatened with being thrown into a lion cage.
The young man reportedly went to the Kan Gendarmerie station to file a complaint, but the complaint was allegedly ignored because individuals connected to Khorram were present there. The account further claims that he sought help from various authorities but was unable to obtain assistance, while the young woman allegedly remained under Khorram’s control for several days before being released.
Rahim Ali Khorram was described in these reports as a businessman who gained significant wealth and influence during the Pahlavi era. The accounts accuse him of involvement in various forms of financial, political, and moral corruption.
Khorram reportedly began his life as a simple laborer who migrated to Tehran in search of work. When street paving projects expanded in Tehran during the Pahlavi period, he became an asphalt worker.
According to the published accounts, his life changed dramatically after he was assigned, along with a group of workers, to pave roads around the Saadabad Palace complex.
The reports claim that one day, while Khorram was working near the palace grounds, the mother of the Shah, accompanied by her attendant, saw him. Because she was allegedly interested in physically strong and large men, the reports claim that she became attracted to him.
The accounts state that this relationship became the turning point in Khorram’s life. Through his alleged connection with the Shah’s family, he entered influential circles and quickly developed economic ties with members of the royal establishment.
According to these accounts, Khorram rapidly rose from a street worker to a wealthy figure with major business interests. His former asphalt workshop on the Karaj road was reportedly transformed into a nightclub called “Jazireh Cabaret,” and he acquired surrounding lands.
He later established Khorram Park in Tehran, which is now known as Eram Park.
The reports allege that Khorram used his influence and associates to commit serious crimes inside the park, including the abduction and abuse of women and girls. These allegations claim that even some married women who visited the park with their husbands and children were targeted.
Following the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Rahim Ali Khorram was reportedly tried by the Islamic Revolutionary Court. According to the published accounts, he confessed during his trial to various crimes and offenses.
The reports further claim that during the trial it was revealed that Khorram kept several lions at his entertainment complex and that victims who resisted his or his associates’ alleged demands were threatened with being placed in lion cages.
Note: The claims described above are based on accounts, alleged confessions, and materials published by Iranian historical documentation websites and media outlets. Some of these allegations are disputed and should be considered within the context of political narratives and historical controversies surrounding the Pahlavi era.
