Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a child, in a case that sparked international concern over the plight of women ...

A child bride in Iran who was set to be executed after her husband died was saved after raising a hefty sum of money for the ...

A young woman who endured years of horrific domestic abuse was sentenced to death in a trial that has been criticised by ...

An Iranian woman who was forced into marriage as a child and being held in prison for murdering her husband, was executed Wednesday despite calls from human rights groups for leniency. Samira Sabzian ...

Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, defying an international campaign for clemency, rights groups said. Samira Sabzian, who had ...

Goli Kouhkan was forced to marry her cousin at the age of 12. (Representational Image) A child bride who was to be executed this month in Iran had her life spared after the parents of her late husband ...

UN rights experts are urging Iran to halt the execution of a woman over the death of her abusive husband, whom she was married off to at 12 years old. Goli Kouhkan, an undocumented Baluch woman today ...

Human rights groups and others have condemned the execution of a woman in Iran who was found guilty of killing the man she was forced to marry as a child. Amnesty International said it "is horrified ...

Iran on December 20 hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, defying an international campaign for clemency, rights groups said. Samira Sabzian, who had ...

Goli Kouhkan was forced into marriage with cousin at 12, gave birth at 13 and was abused for years; she's spared execution ...

PARIS (AFP) — Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, defying an international campaign for clemency, rights groups said. Samira ...