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Comparatively mild verdict for an act that caused horror in Iran. The man had killed the girl in her sleep because he wanted to marry an older man.
An Iranian who beheaded his daughter while she slept was sentenced to nine years in prison. Romina Aschrafi’s mother, 14, was shocked by the verdict and called for the death penalty for her husband, Iranian media reported on Friday.
“The verdict terrified me and my family,” Rana Dashti told Iran’s Ilna news agency. “I don’t want my husband to go back to our town.”
According to Iranian media reports, 14-year-old Romina was beheaded by her father in her sleep on May 21 at her parents’ home in the village of Talesch in northern Iran’s Gilan province because she wanted to get married. with a man 15 years older than her. Because her father had not consented to the wedding, she ran away from home.
The police brought the girls back
The young woman was detained by the police and returned home, although she had previously told a judge that she would have to fear for her life if she returned to her parents’ home.
The murder had caused horror in Iran. Iranian media criticized “institutionalized violence” in the Islamic Republic. The newspaper “Ebtekar” wrote at the time that the Islamic legal principle of “an eye for an eye” does not apply to a father who murders his son. Therefore, he does not face the death penalty, but only a prison sentence. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also expressed “regret” over the girl’s death and promised stricter laws.
(THAN)
