A 13-year-old girl has been allegedly beheaded in her sleep by her dad in what has been described as a honour killing after he found out about her plans to marry a 34-year-old, it has been reported.
Romina Ashrafi was killed with a farming sickle in her family home in Hovigh, Talesh county, Iran, as a form of "punishment" for her actions, reports claim.
Local reports say Romina had planned to run away with the older man. The teenage girl initially fled the family home with the 34-year-old after her father expressed outrage at their plans to get married.
Iranian laws mean girls can marry after the age of 13, though the average age of marriage for Iranian women is 23. After allegedly committing the murder, Romina's dad is reported to have
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