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Goli Kouhkan was a child bride at 12 and now faces execution.

More info here:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/03/child-bride-faces-execution-in-iran-unless-she-pays-80000-in-blood-money

If you want to contribute to saving Goli's life, you can do that here:

https://www.mycause.com.au/page/385632/urgent-call-for-saving-goli-kouhkans-life

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[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are there any actions you can think of to push on this? It seems like it could help in this case and possibly also in others

[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Follow-up: thanks to everyone who did something. Today, I received an update from the Qasim Child Foundation (run by Mehdi Ghatei).

He informed that via several donation campaigns, both outside of Iran and inside, the sum of blood money to the family of Goli Kouhkan's husband has been raised - and during negotiations, they have agreed to drop their demand somewhat and grant forgiveness.

Mehdi mentioned that the goal had been reached without using the donations he gathered, and offered to refund my donation. Since my donation was small, I asked him to use it to help other people in unjust situations.

I hope Goli Kouhkan recovers from the traumatizing situations she has gone through, and manages to re-establish her life.