TEHRAN, July 14 (AFP)- An Iranian man killed his 14-year-old
daughter at her request because she suffered from guilt feelings
since her abduction by two young men a year ago, a newspaper
reported Tuesday.
The girl, who was not identified, was abducted in Ilam, a
conservative and provincial town west of Iran, last year and freed a
month later in Tehran, Jomhuri Islami said.
When she returned home she asked her father to kill her to
"relieve her from a pained concience and emotional problems," and he
heeded her request, it said without giving the date of her murder.
The conservative paper was vague about whether the girl
consented to the abduction and why she had a guilty conscience.
It also said the victim had been imprisoned for one year after
her release, but did not give details.
There is widespread violence against women in Iranian tribal
families, including what they call "honor killing."
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has strongly
condemned such acts as anti-Islamic, and the authorities are taking
measures to stop them.
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