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Iranian Father Beheads 13-Year-Old Daughter In ‘Honor Killing’

Hank Berrien
Iranian Father Beheads 13-Year-Old Daughter In ‘Honor Killing’
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The father of a 13-year-old girl in Iran beheaded her with a farming sickle while she was sleeping, reputedly as an “honor killing” for falling in love with an older man.

Romina Ashrafi, who lived in Hovigh, Talesh county, had fled her home after her father said he was furious that she planned to marry 35-year-old Bahamn Khavari.

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