Femicide in Damghan: woman murdered by her husband

Zahra Khalilnejad
Age: 28
murdered: October 12, 2023
Residence: Damghan, Semnan province
Origin: Iran
Children: none
Perpetrator: husband
Excuse: family disputes

Zahra Khalilnejad was killed by her husband with apparent honor-related motives on October 12, 2023, in Damghan. Within hours, her husband confessed that due to "family disputes," he had killed Zahra Khalilnejad by delivering a severe blow to her head and then abandoned her body under a bridge. The husband is a cleric, and Zahra herself was a final-year doctoral student in anesthesiology.

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