Iran arrests man over ‘honor killing’ of 14-year-old daughter
According to local media, 14-year-old Romina Ashrafi was beheaded in her sleep.
The murder of a 14-year-old girl in Iran who ran off with an older man has renewed calls for the government to impose harsher punishments on so-called honor killings.
In mid-May, Romina Ashrafi fled the town of Talesh with her 34-year-old boyfriend, Bahamn Khavari. They were apprehended by police less than a week later.
Under Iranian law, girls as young as 13 can marry, although the average age is 23.
Police turned Ashrafi over to her father, even though the teenager said she feared for her life, Iranian state media reported.
