Iran has been rocked by its third honour killing in a month after a 22-year-old woman was bludgeoned to death by her father. Reyhaneh Ameri, from Kerman in south central Iran, was allegedly attacked with an iron bar after arriving home late the previous evening. Editor of Iran International Sadeq Saba said Fatemeh's murder 'demonstrates that there are not enough protections in place for women across Iran'. And at the end of May a 13-year-old Iranian girl was beheaded in an honour killing by her father while she was sleeping, local media claimed. It means most honour killings go unpunished since families tend not to demand the death sentence for another family member.

Source: Daily Mail June 18, 2020 16:09 UTC