Iran: Wife killer's 'walk of fame' highlights horror of 'honour killings'

The video is unbearable: For 30 seconds it shows a grinning man parading in the streets of Ahvaz, in the Iranian province of Khuzestan, holding a knife in one hand. In the other hand: his wife's head. He has just decapitated her after she ran away from their forced marriage. The incident has received international attention since February 5, and is rare visual proof of the persistence of "honour killings" in Iran, as detailed by our Observer.