An Iranian teenager who was beheaded by her husband after she fled to Turkey was tracked down with the help of Interpol.
Mona Heydari, 17, was dragged from a car outside the family home in Iran and butchered by Sajjad Heydari, who was also her cousin.
She was killed after being found in Turkey by her father, identified only as Javad.
He filed a complaint with police in Iran who then gave him her address, which they obtained via Interpol.
The father then travelled to the country with a translator and all the paperwork necessary to bring her back home, where she was then murdered to 'avenge the family's honour'.
The victim was just 12 when she was married to Sajjad and had a three-year-old son with him.
Authorities have arrested the husband and his brother on charges of killing Mona in revenge for adultery and leaving him.
Gruesome footage showed the husband grinning as he held a knife in one hand and carrying what was said to be his wife's decapitated head in the another.
An Iranian teenager who was beheaded by her husband after she fled to Turkey was tracked down with the help of Interpol. Mona Heydari, was just 17 when she was dragged from a car outside the family home in Iran and butchered by Sajjad Heydari, who was also her cousin
Gruesome footage showed the husband grinning as he held a knife in one hand and carrying what was said to be his wife's decapitated head in the another. The husband, Sajjad Heydari, was also her cousin
The incident has shocked many people in Iran where the legal age for marriage are 13 and women are compelled to wear a head covering in accordance with Islam.
Speaking after his daughter's death, Javad defended the decision to force his daughter to marry at such a young age and added that the domestic violence she had allegedly fled from was normal.
He also claimed that the husband had worked hard to provide for his young wife.
The father described Sajjad as a good husband, saying that he worked hard and provided her with the 'best life'.
Her father added: 'She was not forced to marry, and in fact the husband provided her with the very best of lives.
'It's true, there was fighting between them, and sometimes there was violence and she would return home, but she only stayed for two or three days and then he would pick her up and life would return to normal.
She was killed after being found in Turkey by her father, identified only as Javad. He filed a complaint with
