Iran: Father beheads daughter in apparent revenge killing after she fled domestic violence
Apr 27, 2025 12:00 pm
By Robert Spencer
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In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.” (18:80-81)
“Iranian father murders teenage daughter in Tehran revenge killing,” by Danielle Greyman-Kennard, Jerusalem Post, April 25, 2025:
Fatemeh Soltani,18, was stabbed to death on the streets of Tehran by her father on April 17, according to women’s rights organizations and international media reports. Some reports indicate the father beheaded Soltani before repeatedly stabbing her.
The young woman was killed outside a nail salon where she worked while she was taking a phone call, according to the reports. She had reportedly moved out of her family home as a result of domestic violence, Iran International reported.
A close friend of the Soltani family told the media: “Fatemeh had been living separately from her father and the family for some time due to domestic violence and had achieved financial independence.”
Soltani’s 48-year-old father told police he murdered his daughter following a “family dispute,’ BBC News and women’s groups reported. Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, the police commander of Islamshahr city, reportedly told local media that the father was angry that Soltani had achieved independence.
In contrast to the reports on his motive, the victim’s brother told Khabar Online that their dad murdered his sister to cover up his infidelity…. |
