Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a child, in a case that sparked international concern over the plight of women ...

The woman had married her husband when she was just 12 — Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a ...

The woman had married her husband when she was just 12 - Copyright AFP Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV The woman had married her husband when she was just 12 - Copyright AFP ...

Goli Koukhan paid the family of her dead abusive husband 10bn tomans in a diyah (blood money) payment to avoid being put to death by the Islamic regime.

A child bride sentenced to death by Iran over the death of her husband will not be hanged after she was 'forgiven' by the family of the victim. Goli Kouhkan, a member of the Baluch minority without ...

A child bride in Iran is facing execution for allegedly killing her abusive husband unless she pays £80,000 in blood money to the victim's family. Goli Koukhan has spent seven years on death row in ...