Gholamreza Khoshroo Kuran Kurdieh (Persian: غلامرضا خوشرو کوران کردیه; 1 December 1965 – 22 August 1997) was an Iranian serial killer known as the Night Bat.
In 1992, after several young girls complained that two men stole their money and raped them, the police launched an extensive investigation.
The two perpetrators, Ali Karimi and Gholamreza Kurdieh, who identified himself as "Murad Naderi", confessed to multiple cases of rape and armed robbery in interrogations.
[citation needed] Gholamreza Khoshroo Kuran Kurdieh was arrested in the Punak area of West Tehran's 10th district on 22 July 1997.
[citation needed] Meanwhile, Hamid Rasuli, the Interior Ministry's intelligence chief, was sentenced to death for serial murder and issuing orders for two executions, those of Mr. Dariush Forouhar and Ms. Majdas Kandari.
[citation needed] Kurdieh was tried by the Tehran General Court in two trial sessions at Imam Khomeini's Judiciary Complex.