On the 16th of February 2007, it was reported that a man in Sistan and Baluchestan province, suspecting his fourteen year old daughter of sexual relations, had taken it upon himself to stone her to death. He carried out this harsh and unusually cruel punishment with the help of his friend. In this way, the father had hoped to win back his disgraced honor, and the honor of his family. His heinous act was brought to the attention of police, by his wife, the girl’s mother—an act which I can (...)