Just heard about this in a family dinner and had to look it up. Wow.

A 13-year-old Iranian girl was beheaded by her father in an “honor killing” while she was fast asleep, prompting a national outcry, according to reports.

Romina Ashrafi was killed Thursday by Reza Ashraf as punishment for running away with a 34-year-old man from her home in Talesh, Iran International TV reported.

The teen fell in love with the older man, Bahamn Khavari, in her hometown, but her father opposed their relationship and she eloped with him, the outlet reported.

Both of their families called on authorities to have them brought home, despite the teen warning that would put her life in danger, according to the report.

She was located five days later with her lover and handed over to her father as required by Islamic Republic law, the outlet reported.

While she was asleep in a family room, her dad beheaded her with a sickle, according to the report.

Following the murder, the father showed up to the police, sickle in hand, and confessed to killing the teen, the outlet reported.

He was arrested, but the law prohibits him from facing the death penalty since he is the victim’s guardian, the report said.

Under current law, he faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

But the slaying has prompted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to call on his cabinet to fast-track harsher laws against “honor killings,” which are often carried out by relatives who believe the women have gone against conservative Islamic values on love and marriage.

Her case has also provoked outcry on social media, where the hashtag #RominaAshrafi has been used thousands of times, mostly to condemn the killing.

Shahnaz Sajjadi, an aide to the president on human rights affairs, said the country “should revise the idea that home is a safe place for children and women.”

“Crimes that happen against women in the society are less than those that happen in the homes,” the aide told local media.

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THE F***ING PLOT TWISTS ITT!!!

Man killed a 13 year old
Because she was dating a 34 year old
And the law put her in danger by returning her to her family
But he confessed to the murder and will receive appropriate punishment
BUT IRANIAN LAW PROTECTS PEOPLE WHO KILL THEIR OFFSPRING

only under a country with ass backwards human rights

Nothing new in Iran

Trickle-down crazy

To be fair we kill thousands of mulism civilians every year and call everyone involved hereoes

not saying america isnt bad either, most of the world is corrupt anyways but im tired of people sometimes exempting america’s enemies just because

I mean we don't but I saw a video about this Muslim guy that was put in a positive light and it was completely foreign to me.

We tend to overdo it and s*** on Muslims by default

im not even american breh im persian

i live in canada lol. im saying from a first hand perspective, islam aint actually all dat in iran, much more negative than you think it’s just enforced and easily influences the poor.

I know iranian people irl, they are beyond saving at this point ngl

What do you mean

They spend half of her day taking to Allah in real life and on social media.

Also legit think there's nothing wrong with marrying underage family members.

And these are women that I know.

And these little girls that get married don't even get to have a choice.

Why are people so barbaric, this is so f***ing crazy

this ain't it man, there are a lot of iranian and middle easterns who aren't like that. they exist and are people who represent a bad sect/derivative of their respective cultures but they aren't universal

I'm strictly speaking of my Iranian friends.
Also the marrying these girls stuff ain't that bad considering that's what they were raised to believe, given that there's no malicious intent.

those people def exist, not denying that, just saying the way it read like it was applying to all iranians. there are lots of really interesting parts of iranian culture. while the ayatollah and some other factors have damaged some of that to an extent, it def still exists.

Not all, but all of those that I know.

same country that forces women to wear a hijab fam.

is every woman forced to wear a hijab?

if they don’t they’ll get harassed on the street by the mullahs and eventually get fined, or even imprisoned.

If they don’t get arrested or fined by the police some MAGA equivalent regime supporter would harass them instead.

The dad should have punished the 34 year old guy. The f*** is he doing with a 13 year old

Canada

how can you kill your own kid