Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Father murders 15-year-old daughter in Piranshahr, Iran

Zilan Ayvaz, a 15-year-old girl, was shot and killed by her father, Abdolsalam Ayvaz, on 7 July in the village of Ziveh in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The father severely beat his daughter before shooting her twice. He later turned himself in to the police. Abdolsalam Ayvaz has a history of verbal and physical violence against his family...

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