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Iran frees child bride from death penalty after paying family of dead abuser

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Iran frees child bride from death penalty after paying family of dead abuser

Goli Koukhan paid the family of her dead abusive husband 10 billion tomans in diyah (blood money) payment to avoid being killed by the Islamic regime. Goli Koukhan, a child bride and victim of domestic violence, was spared the death penalty in Iran after she was able to collect enough diyah (blood money) to compensate … Read more

In a glimpse of Tehran, an AP reporter sees a changing and challenged Iran

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In a glimpse of Tehran, an AP reporter sees a changing and challenged Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As you enter Iran’s capital, you begin with only the occasional glimpse — a passenger in a speeding car or a pedestrian trying to outrun Tehran’s notorious traffic. But as you reach the cooler heights of Tehran’s northern neighborhoods along the city’s sycamore-lined Vali-e Asr Street, they are almost everywhere, women … Read more