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		</div><p>Iran’s president urged his Cabinet to speed up harsher laws in so-called honour killings, after a particularly disturbing murder of a 14-year-old girl by her father shocked the nation.</p>
<p>President Hassan Rouhani pushed for speedy adoption of relevant bills, some which have apparently shuttled for years among various decision-making bodies in Iran.</p>
<p>The killing of teenager Romina Ashrafi in the Iranian town of Talesh, some 198 miles northwest of the capital, Tehran, prompted a nationwide outcry.</p>
<p>She was reportedly beheaded while sleeping by her father, Reza Ashrafi, who used a farming sickle to kill his daughter.</p>
<p>The father, who is now in custody, was apparently enraged after she ran away with her 34-year-old boyfriend Bahamn Khavari in Talesh.</p>
<p>In rural areas of Iran, it is unheard of for teenage girls to run away from home to be with their boyfriends.</p>
<p>After five days, Romina was found and taken to a police station, from where her father brought her back home.</p>
<p>The girl reportedly told the police she feared a violent reaction from her father.</p>
<p>Mr Rouhani expressed regret over the tragic case.</p>
<p>There is little data on so-called honour killings in Iran, where local media occasionally report on such cases.</p>
<p>Under the law, girls can marry after the age of 13, though the average age of marriage for Iranian women is 23.</p>
<p>It is not known how many women and young girls are killed by family members or close relatives because of their actions, perceived as violating conservative Islamic norms on love and marriage.</p>
<p>Iran’s judiciary said Romina’s case will be tried in a special court.</p>
<p>Under the current law, her father faces a prison sentence of up to 10 years.</p>
<p>Iran’s vice-president in charge of family affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, expressed hope that a bill with harsher punishments will soon be in the final stages of approval.</p>
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