Iran Human rights, June 15: A 21 years old girl was killed by her brother in the town of Haji Abad, near the southern city of Bandar Abbas, reported the daily newspaper Etemad, today.

The brother, who is identified as Morteza explained the story to the police: "Some time ago, a man with the name Hooshang proposed to my sister Marjan and ask us to marry her. Since he already had a failed marriage, we opposed his request. But Hoshang continued showing interest to my sister, and she got emotionally involved in him. We tried to talk to her and explained that marrying Hoshang wouldn’t be a good idea but she didn’t seem to be convinced. Early morning on MAy 11. my mother told me that Marjan had escaped from home. I got very upset and started searching for her. I felt that the family’s honor was in jeopardy. After three days I ehard that Marjan has returned home. I took Marjan to a room and closed the door and asked her to explain what ahd happened. She told me that she left home to marry Hoshang, but since it wouldn’t be possible to get married without our father’s presence, I came back home to convince him to come with us to the marriage office. After hearing her story I became very angry. She begged me for forgiveness, but I didn’t have any other option than killing her. I put a piece of cloth in her mouth. she didn’t show any resistance. With another piece of cloth I made a noose and put it around her neck and hanged her. My anger wasn’t finished. I took her down and stubbed her with a knife".

According to teh ISCA news, since the victim’s parents do not have any complaint, Morteza crime is not going to be punished as a murder and he is most probably going to get a 3-5 years prison sentence.