Tagged: #honor_killings
Patriarchy takes a life: the killing of Nasibeh Tafakkori in Zahedan by her father’s Gunfire
On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Nasibeh Tafakkori, a 20-year-old woman and mother of ayoung child, was killed in her family home on Old Zahedan Road by her father’s directgunfire. The killing followed a dispute...
“Family Problems” or structural inequality? a look at the killing of Vajiheh by her husband’s Gunfire
On Monday, August 25, 2025, on the Haft-Hoz Road in Mashhad, a 44-year-old mannamed Omid A. shot and killed his 41-year-old wife Vajiheh inside their car with ahandgun, and then ended his own life...
Killing of a woman and her two daughters by a 41-year-old man in Maragheh; an ambiguous narrative of the state media
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, a 41-year-old man in Maragheh, a city in EastAzerbaijan province, killed his 38-year-old wife and their two daughters, aged 17 and 9,in their shared home. After committing the crime,...
Saqqez: Brutal killing of Soraya Alimohammadi by her husband
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, Soraya Alimohammadi, a 32-year-old woman fromSaqqez, lost her life due to severe burns in one of the neighborhoods of the city. WhileIranWire described the fire as “suspicious,” local sources...
The Killing of Maryam Over Suspicion
By :Rezvan Moghaddam A year after Maryam’s death, news of the case was finally published in Iranian media.According to reports, in mid-1403 (2024), Maryam’s father contacted the police to reportthe killing of his daughter....
The killing of Somayeh Kioumarthi and her two daughters, Sanaz and Maral: honor obsession and the euphemistic language of state media
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in Maragheh, a 41-year-old man named Aziz killed hiswife, Somayeh Kioumarthi (38), and their two daughters, Sanaz Dolatkhaah (17) andMaral Dolatkhaah (9), in their home in the Fowareli neighborhood,...
On the Third Anniversary of the State Murder of Mahsa (Jina) Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising
Three years have passed since the day Mahsa (Jina) Amini was arrested for compulsory hijab and died in state custody. Her killing ignited the historic “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising a movement that became the...
Patriarchal mentality and the killing of women: Sheida Kardegar was killed for rejecting a suitor
Rezvan Moghadda : Sheida Kardegar, a 15-year-old girl from the village of “Darunkola Sharqi” in BabolCounty, was stabbed to death on the evening of Monday, June 10, 2025, by a manwhose marriage proposal she...
A young woman was killed, media coverage of “Suicide” was exposed as a planned killing
Shahla Mohammadi: A young woman whose name has not been published in the mediadied under suspicious circumstances on April 15, 2023 at a private chemical distributioncompany in Tehran. The forensic report initially cited cyanide...
