A child bride faces execution in Iran for the murder of her husband – after years trapped in an abusive marriage – unless she raises £80,000 to pay off his family.

Goli Koohkan, now 25, was aged 12 when her parents married her off to a cousin without her consent. At the age of 13, she was pregnant.

And at the age of 18, she was arrested and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for participation in the killing, and thrown in Gorgan Central Prison in northern Iran.

A source told the Iran Human Rights (IHR) non-profit organisation: ‘On the day of the murder, her husband had been beating both Goli and their young son.

‘Desperate and helpless, she called his cousin for help. When he arrived, a fight broke out which ended with her husband being unintentionally killed.

‘Goli called for a

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