Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Man kills teenage wife in Iran’s northwestern Dehgolan

Parastou Shahbazi, an 18-year-old mother of one, was murdered by her husband on 29 May in the village of Miraki in Dehgolan, Kurdistan province. Shahbazi was a victim of child marriage, forced by her family to marry at a very young age. Her husband, Payam Sh., was unemployed and in a bad financial situation. At least four cases of femicide have been recorded in different cities...

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