US EditionChild Bride in Iran Reportedly Faces Execution Without 'Blood Money' Payment
Goli Kouhkan must pay $100,000 blood money to avoid execution after seven years on death row for killing her abusive husband, highlighting systemic gender and minority discrimination in Iran.
- By next month, Goli Kouhkan faces execution unless she raises about $100,000 in 'blood money' after seven years on death row in Gorgan central prison.
- Her case stems from Kouhkan saying she found her husband beating their young son, called a cousin, and a struggle left him dead.
- Under Iranian law, Kouhkan was sentenced to death by hanging, but the victim's family can pardon her in exchange for payment, with officials once negotiating 10 billion tomans for her freedom.
- Funds are being raised through the #SaviGoli social media campaign, but with no identity documents and limited resources, Kouhkan is unlikely to meet the demand by next month's deadline.
- In a broader pattern, activists and human rights groups say Kouhkan's case highlights systemic discrimination amid Iran reportedly executing at least 31 women this year and legal child marriage.
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She was married off at the age of twelve and was abused for several years. Now Iranian Goli Kouhkan, 25, faces the death penalty for the murder of her husband – unless she pays one million kronor in “blood money” to his family.
Goli Kouhkan, 25, was married off at the age of twelve. Now she risks being executed for having helped kill her violent husband – unless she gives blood money to his family. According to human rights activists, this is symbolic for Iranian authorities.
A 12-year-old married youth is likely to be executed in Iran for murdering her abuser's husband, if he fails to string 10 billion tons (about 90,000 euros) to pay the victim's family for the loss to the limit of...
Goli Kouhkan lived in a physically and psychologically abusive marriage in Iran. Now she could be executed if she fails to make peace with her dead husband's family, according to The Guardian. Her case is causing the world to react.
The Iranian children's bride Goli Kouhkan has been on death row for seven years and is scheduled to be hanged in December. According to activists, her only chance is a »blood money« payment of almost 100,000 euros.
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