A combo image shows the child and the arrest of his father.

Gulf Today Report

The Iraqi Intelligence Agency announced the arrest of a father who was trying to sell his child in exchange for an iPhone and a sum of money.

Footage published by the agency documented the arrest of the accused father, explaining that he was lured and arrested after trying to sell his 6-day-old child online.

It turned out that the father tried to sell his child for $15,000 and an iPhone.

The agency confirmed that the father was referred to the judiciary to take the necessary legal measures against him.

In July, a Iraqi 7-year-old child named Mousa Walaa was killed after being tortured by his stepmother, according to the Iraqi Network for Women's Rights, which quoted the news from a security source.

The deceased was reportedly tortured by his stepmother, using electricity, a knife, salt and smothering until he died in Al Khatib area of Al Shula city in Baghdad.

His pictures, which went viral on social media platforms, angered the Iraqis, especially since his dead body had signs of the torture.

An officer from the crime scene explained that signs of severe torture appeared on the child's body, noting that the stepmother confessed to her crime and is now subject to legal procedures at the Shula police station.

Local media reported that the woman involved in the crime did not suffer from any psychological or mental illness.

The child's father works for an official security service. The motive for the crime is not yet known. Social media users have demanded that the stepmother be tortured to death in the same way.

In November 2021, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior arrested a woman who sold her daughter's kidney for 10 million Iraqi dinars in the capital Baghdad.