Beheaded by her husband, at 17, for not accepting the marriage that her family had imposed on her when she was 12. The victim’s name was Mona Heidari and she fled to Turkey to try to escape from that cousin, who became a husband against her will , which gave her no escape. A smiling image of the girl circulates on social media, while the Rokna news agency tells of her killing in Ahvaz, the capital of the Khusestan province in Iran, where she had been forced to return by her family.
Also circulating on YouTube is a shocking video of the victim’s husband parading through the streets of Ahvaz, smiling, with Mona’s head in his left hand and a large, bloody knife in his right. The Isna news agency reports that Mona’s husband had accused her of adultery. Citing the Iranian police, the Irna news agency explains that the man was arrested together with his brother-in-law ” in their hiding place ”. Condemning the tragedy, human rights activists called for better laws to protect women and an increase in the minimum age allowed for marriage, which is currently 13 in Iran.
Iranian activist Masih Alinejad says he has “broken heart” for the young victim and cites the fact that “in Iran, a man who kills his 14-year-old daughter is sentenced to eight years in prison. A woman who takes off her hijab at 24 ”. “One person was beheaded, his head was shown in the streets and the killer was proud of it. How can you accept such a tragedy?”, Reads an editorial published in the reformist daily Sazandegi. “We must act. so that femicides do not continue to increase “, he added.
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