Rezvan Moghaddam<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zahra Soleimani, a 32-year-old woman from Harsin, Kermanshah Province, was murdered on Wednesday, October 8, 2026, in a crime reportedly motivated by so-called \u201chonor.\u201d According to informed sources, she was subjected to severe violence and torture before being killed. Her sister\u2019s husband, Kamran Safari Pasari, and her mother, Maryam Safari Pasari, are reported to have been involved in the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to information published about the case, Zahra Soleimani was first severely beaten, and both her arms and legs were broken. She was subsequently strangled to death. The body of the 32-year-old woman was buried at Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Kermanshah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In connection with the case, Maryam Safari Pasari was arrested on the day of the murder. Kamran Safari Pasari reportedly fled to Tehran and was arrested by law enforcement officers approximately three weeks later. According to reports, both suspects remain in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An informed source has also reported that the suspects\u2019 family members have subjected Zahra\u2019s sisters, other relatives, and the legal heirs to pressure and threats, including death threats, in an attempt to force them to grant forgiveness and withdraw their demands for justice. These allegations underscore the urgent need for an independent investigation and effective measures to protect the victim\u2019s family from intimidation and coercion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The murder of Zahra Soleimani is deeply disturbing for several reasons. First is the severity and extent of the violence reportedly inflicted on her before her death. Breaking her arms and legs and subsequently strangling her point to an exceptionally brutal and potentially prolonged pattern of violence that cannot be dismissed or reduced to a \u201cfamily dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another deeply concerning aspect of this case is the reported involvement of two family members, including the victim\u2019s own mother and her sister\u2019s husband. Women’s participation in violence against another woman is a painful reality that requires serious social and structural examination. Being a woman does not, in itself, prevent someone from reproducing violence or participating in patriarchal systems of control over women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within patriarchal structures, some women may, under the influence of so-called honor-based beliefs, family pressure, fear, dependency, or the internalization of patriarchal values, participate in the repression and abuse of another woman rather than supporting and protecting her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, examining this phenomenon does not mean treating everyone’s responsibility as equal. Each individual’s criminal liability must be established on the basis of evidence and their specific role in the crime. It is also essential to distinguish between knowing and deliberate participation in murder and any possible role played by coercion, pressure, or power dynamics within the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, reports of threats and pressure against Zahra’s family to obtain their forgiveness suggest that violence may continue even after a murder has taken place. In this case, it takes the form of intimidating the victim’s relatives and attempting to prevent effective legal proceedings and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Stop Honor Killings Campaign emphasizes that combating honor killings cannot be limited to punishing perpetrators after a crime has occurred. Challenging honor-based ideologies, discriminatory laws, the normalization of controlling women’s lives, and the absence of effective protection mechanisms for women at risk of violence are essential to preventing such crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No belief, family relationship, or claim of defending so-called family honor can ever justify torturing or taking the life of another human being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A woman is nobody’s honor or property.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A woman’s life belongs to herself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n #StopHonorKillings #ZahraSoleimani #HonorKilling #ViolenceAgainstWomen #StopHonorKillingsCampaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rezvan Moghaddam Zahra Soleimani, a 32-year-old woman from Harsin, Kermanshah Province, was murdered on Wednesday, October 8, 2026, in a crime reportedly motivated by so-called \u201chonor.\u201d According to informed sources, she was subjected to...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6],"tags":[305,284,403,172,199,491],"class_list":["post-1659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-suggestion","category-news","category-news-analysis","tag-no_misogyny","tag-no_violence_agianst_women","tag-notoviolenceagainstwomen","tag-stop-honor-killings-2","tag-stop_honor_killings_campaign","tag-zahrasoleimani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1661,"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659\/revisions\/1661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stophonorkillings.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}