Child bride beaten to death by husband with wooden stick, rights org. says
16-year-old Maryam Taghavi was reportedly beaten so severely with a wooden stick that she had to be transferred to Khomeini Hospital in Ajabshir, where she died hours later from her injuries.
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Hengaw Human Rights Organization claimed that 16-year-old child bride Maryam Taghavi was beaten to death by her 27-year-old husband in Iran on Sunday.
young girl He was reportedly beaten so severely with a wooden stick that he had to be transferred to Khomeini Hospital in Ajabshir, where he died hours later from his injuries.
When she fell off the bike, Taghavi’s brother tied her unconscious body to his motorcycle with a rope and took her to the hospital. Upon arrival at the hospital, staff reportedly found that his ear bone had been cut and the hair on the back of his head had been pulled.
According to Iran Wire and Persian diaspora site Melliun, Taghavi’s family did not support this marriage, although the girl had to agree to the marriage after she was tricked into running away from her family’s house.
Members of the Iranian diaspora in Europe attended a rally in Brussels last September to mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death. (Source: YVES HERMAN/REUTERS)
The history of domestic violence before femicides
Her 27-year-old husband had previous experience marriage An informed source told the rights organization that domestic violence would end. It was reported that she suffered burns on her body because her ex-husband used a heated kebab skewer to beat her.
Throughout his marriage to Taghavi, her husband was said to have physically assaulted her and engaged in other abusive behavior.
The husband was said to have run away from home after the beating on Sunday but was caught by authorities within a few hours.
While women’s organizations condemned the murder as another example of femicide in a country that has failed to protect women, Iranian state media was criticized by the organization for labeling the murder as the result of a “domestic dispute”.
“Taghavi’s death reflects a systematic pattern. In the absence of legal protection and effective supervision, the 27-year-old fell victim to lethal violence at the hands of her husband,” Hengaw Human Rights Organization said in a statement. “This murder is not a ‘family dispute’ but a clear case of femicide and is a direct result of child marriage and entrenched systemic violence against women under the discriminatory legal framework of the Islamic Republic of Iran, where gender-based violence is normalized and widespread.”
In Iran, girls can legally marry from the age of 13 or 8 years and 9 months.9 lunar year) with paternal or judicial permission.
