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<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" id="grinning-iranian-husband-carries-the-severed-head-of-his-17-year-old-wife-through-the-streets-after-decapitating-her-in-honor-killing-girl-murdered-after-her-father-and-brother-dragged-her-back-from-turkey-where-she-d-fled-warning-graphic-content-iranian-man-beheaded-his-17-year-old-wife-mona-heydari-in-the-city-of-ahvaz-he-carried-her-severed-head-around-streets-on-saturday-local-media-reported-young-wife-was-understood-to-have-fled-to-turkey-before-being-brought-back-gruesome-video-footage-showed-the-husband-holding-her-head-and-a-knife" style="color:#a54f4f"><strong>WARNING: Graphic Content</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" id="grinning-iranian-husband-carries-the-severed-head-of-his-17-year-old-wife-through-the-streets-after-decapitating-her-in-honor-killing-girl-murdered-after-her-father-and-brother-dragged-her-back-from-turkey-where-she-d-fled-warning-graphic-content-iranian-man-beheaded-his-17-year-old-wife-mona-heydari-in-the-city-of-ahvaz-he-carried-her-severed-head-around-streets-on-saturday-local-media-reported-young-wife-was-understood-to-have-fled-to-turkey-before-being-brought-back-gruesome-video-footage-showed-the-husband-holding-her-head-and-a-knife" style="color:#403434"><strong>Iranian man beheaded his 17-year-old wife with the help of his brother, in the city of Ahvaz, before walking the streets machete in one hand and the severed head in the other hand</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" id="grinning-iranian-husband-carries-the-severed-head-of-his-17-year-old-wife-through-the-streets-after-decapitating-her-in-honor-killing-girl-murdered-after-her-father-and-brother-dragged-her-back-from-turkey-where-she-d-fled-warning-graphic-content-iranian-man-beheaded-his-17-year-old-wife-mona-heydari-in-the-city-of-ahvaz-he-carried-her-severed-head-around-streets-on-saturday-local-media-reported-young-wife-was-understood-to-have-fled-to-turkey-before-being-brought-back-gruesome-video-footage-showed-the-husband-holding-her-head-and-a-knife" style="color:#403434"><strong>Killer was shown on video grinning Iranian husband parading the streets displaying the gruesome trophy of his &#8216;honor killing&#8217;</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" id="grinning-iranian-husband-carries-the-severed-head-of-his-17-year-old-wife-through-the-streets-after-decapitating-her-in-honor-killing-girl-murdered-after-her-father-and-brother-dragged-her-back-from-turkey-where-she-d-fled-warning-graphic-content-iranian-man-beheaded-his-17-year-old-wife-mona-heydari-in-the-city-of-ahvaz-he-carried-her-severed-head-around-streets-on-saturday-local-media-reported-young-wife-was-understood-to-have-fled-to-turkey-before-being-brought-back-gruesome-video-footage-showed-the-husband-holding-her-head-and-a-knife" style="color:#403434"><strong><strong>The victim was <strong>identified as <strong>17-year-old</strong></strong> <strong>Mona Heydari</strong>, his cousin, who he married when she was aged 12, four years earlier </strong></strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" id="grinning-iranian-husband-carries-the-severed-head-of-his-17-year-old-wife-through-the-streets-after-decapitating-her-in-honor-killing-girl-murdered-after-her-father-and-brother-dragged-her-back-from-turkey-where-she-d-fled-warning-graphic-content-iranian-man-beheaded-his-17-year-old-wife-mona-heydari-in-the-city-of-ahvaz-he-carried-her-severed-head-around-streets-on-saturday-local-media-reported-young-wife-was-understood-to-have-fled-to-turkey-before-being-brought-back-gruesome-video-footage-showed-the-husband-holding-her-head-and-a-knife" style="color:#403434"><strong>The runaway bride was murdered after her father and husband dragged her back from Turkey where she&#8217;d fled</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" id="grinning-iranian-husband-carries-the-severed-head-of-his-17-year-old-wife-through-the-streets-after-decapitating-her-in-honor-killing-girl-murdered-after-her-father-and-brother-dragged-her-back-from-turkey-where-she-d-fled-warning-graphic-content-iranian-man-beheaded-his-17-year-old-wife-mona-heydari-in-the-city-of-ahvaz-he-carried-her-severed-head-around-streets-on-saturday-local-media-reported-young-wife-was-understood-to-have-fled-to-turkey-before-being-brought-back-gruesome-video-footage-showed-the-husband-holding-her-head-and-a-knife" style="color:#403434"><strong>Young wife was understood to have fled to Turkey before being brought back </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" id="grinning-iranian-husband-carries-the-severed-head-of-his-17-year-old-wife-through-the-streets-after-decapitating-her-in-honor-killing-girl-murdered-after-her-father-and-brother-dragged-her-back-from-turkey-where-she-d-fled-warning-graphic-content-iranian-man-beheaded-his-17-year-old-wife-mona-heydari-in-the-city-of-ahvaz-he-carried-her-severed-head-around-streets-on-saturday-local-media-reported-young-wife-was-understood-to-have-fled-to-turkey-before-being-brought-back-gruesome-video-footage-showed-the-husband-holding-her-head-and-a-knife" style="color:#403434"><strong>Authorities have arrested the two suspects, who allegedly have confessed to the crime, with the husband claiming he killed his wife because o her &#8216;infidelity&#8217;</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Mona-Heydaris-husband-with-her-severed-head-1.jpg?ssl=1" alt="" width="725" height="1230"/><figcaption><strong>Gruesome footage shows this grinning man who beheaded his wife, in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday, then carried her severed head around the streets. The victim was <strong>identified as <strong>17-year-old</strong></strong> <strong>Mona Heydari</strong> his cousin, who he married when she was aged 12, four years ago </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A man in Iran beheaded his 17-year-old wife in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday before carrying her severed head around the streets, gruesome footage shows<br>The man this week carried the severed head of his wife through the streets after decapitating her in an &#8216;honor killing&#8217; after she tried to flee the country.<br>The unnamed man beheaded his wife ;Mona Heydari, 17, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday before carrying her severed head around the streets.<br>The young wife is understood to have fled to Turkey after her family discovered that she had an affair. ; But she was tracked to the country and brought back to Iran by her father and her husband this week, according to local media ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.iranintl.com/en/202202060032" target="_blank">reports</a>. ;<br>The victim was just 12 when she was married off to her cousin. the couple shared a three-year-old son by the time she was killed. ;<br>Authorities have arrested the husband and his brother on charges of killing Mona in revenge for adultery and desertion. ;Police did not release the men&#8217;s of the suspects.<br>Gruesome footage showed the husband grinning as he held a knife in one hand and carrying what was said to be his wife&#8217;s decapitated head in the another.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Mona-Heydari-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-399905" width="832" height="944"/><figcaption><strong>Victim: Mona Heydari [photo], allegedly fled to Turkey before being brought back from the country by her father and her husband, according to local media. She was decapitated by her husband and brother-in-law. The killers allegedly have admitted to the murder</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The incident has shocked many people in Iran where the legal age for marriage are 13 and women are compelled to wear a head covering in accordance with Islam. ;<br>Iranian newspapers and social media saw an outpouring of shock and rage over the killing, with many demanding social and legal reforms.<br>&#8216;A human being was decapitated, her head was displayed on the streets and the killer was proud,&#8217; said the reformist daily Sazandegi.<br>&#8216;How can we accept such a tragedy? We must act so that femicide does not happen again.&#8217; ;<br>Lawyer Ali Mojtahedzadeh, in the reformist paper Shargh, blamed &#8216;legal loopholes&#8217; for &#8216;paving the way for honor killings&#8217;. <br>Fellow member of parliament Elham Nadaf told the ILNA news agency: &#8216;Unfortunately, we are witnessing such incidents because there are no concrete measures to ensure the implementation of laws to prevent violence against women.&#8217;<br>Semi-official news agency ILNA quoted police officer Col. Sohrab Hosseinnejad as saying the two &#8216;defendants confessed to the murder during the police investigation and were introduced to the judicial authority&#8217;. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Reyhaneh-Ameri-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-399899" width="833" height="519"/><figcaption><strong>Victim of &#8216;honor killing&#8217;: In June 2020, Reyhaneh Ameri, from Kerman in south central Iran, was bludgeoned to death after being attacked with an iron bar by her father </strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Fatemeh-Barahi-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-399903" width="839" height="826"/><figcaption><strong>Victim of &#8216;honor killing&#8217;: Fatemeh Barahi was beheaded by her husband in 2020 after running away just two days into their forced marriage</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Local media said police did not elaborate further on the killing or who filmed the gruesome video of the husband carrying his wife&#8217;s head. Iran&#8217;s media watchdog shut down news website ;Rokna for publishing the video footage, the state-run IRAN newspaper reported on Monday.<br>According to the report, a media supervisory board on Sunday closed the website because of its continuing to &#8216;publish images and issues that violate public decency&#8217;.<br>Iran has a long history of closures of media outlets, with authorities shutting down ;Jahan-e Sanat newspaper in 2020 after it quoted a former member of the national Covid taskforce as saying the country&#8217;s death toll from the pandemic could be 20 times higher than official figures.<br>Mona&#8217;s killing ;was believed to have been an &#8216;honor killing&#8217;, according to local media, which refers to the killing of a relative who is perceived to have brought dishonor on the family.<br>Sharia law says that only &#8216;blood owners&#8217; &#8211; immediate family members &#8211; are allowed to demand execution for the murder of a relative.<br>It means most honor killings go unpunished since families tend not to demand the death sentence for another family member.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Romina-Ashrafi-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-399904" width="842" height="597"/><figcaption><strong>Victim of &#8216;honor killing&#8217;: Romina Ashrafi was killed with a sickle in her family home in Hovigh, Talesh county as a form of &#8216;punishment&#8217;, local media have reported</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In April 2021, a 50-year-old man shot to death his nine-year-old son and seven of his in-laws in the city of Ahvaz. <br>In June 2020, ;Reyhaneh Ameri, from Kerman in south central Iran, was bludgeoned to death after being attacked with an iron bar by her father. ;<br>Local media reported that the 22-year-old survived for nearly 24 hours after the attack but bled to death from her injuries. ;<br>During the same week, 19-year-old Fatemeh Barahi was beheaded by her husband after running away just two days into their forced marriage. ;<br>The 23-year-old man, who was also his wife&#8217;s cousin, handed himself into the ;Valiasr police station in Abadan, southwestern Iran, while holding a bloody knife. <br>He told officers that he had beheaded his wife due to her &#8216;infidelity&#8217; and had left her decapitated body by the Bahar 56 area next to the Bahmanshir River, ;reported<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://iranintl.com/" target="_blank"> ;Iran International TV</a> ;at the time. <br>At the end of May 2020, a ;13-year-old Iranian girl was beheaded in an honor killing by her father while she was sleeping, local media claimed. ;<br>Iranian laws mean girls can marry after the age of 13, though the average age of marriage for Iranian women is 23. ; ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Women-in-Iran-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-399913" width="842" height="511"/><figcaption><strong>Honor killings are prevalent in some parts of Iran, mostly due to societal beliefs and the Islamic Republic’s lax laws and light sentences that encourage the practice. Article 630 of Iran&#8217;s Constitution exempts a husband from punishment if he kills if he witnesses adultery </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Honor killings are prevalent in some parts of Iran, mostly due to societal beliefs and the Islamic Republic’s lax laws and light sentences that encourage the behavior. Article 630 of the Constitution exempts a husband from punishment if he kills if he witnesses adultery. <br>While the exact number of honor killings in Iran is not known, a Tehran police official has previously said they account for around 20 per cent of Iran&#8217;s murders. According to tradition only male members of a family can seek this form of cleansing for the family when they deem they have been shamed.<br>According to a women’s right NGO in Ahvaz, <a href="https://www.radiofarda.com/a/honor-murder-khuzestan-iran-statistics/31636333.html"><strong>about 60 women have fallen victim</strong></a> to honor killings in Iran in the past two years, including victims who were between 10 and 15 years old. <br>Tragically none of the perpetrators have been brought to justice as most of the bereaved families, reluctant seek the death penalty for a family member, haven’t even filed a lawsuit.</p>

Grinning Iranian man parades streets with severed head of his 17-year-old wife, who he decapitated in ‘honour killing’- Mona Heydari’s dad helped drag her back to killer after she escaped child marriage to cousin and fled to Turkey
