Murder of a 16-Year-Old Girl by Her Father

The murder of this teenage girl, whose identity has been announced as “Shakiba Bakhtiar”, took place on Sunday July 4th, 2021

In recent years, there have been numerous reports of violence against women and honor killings in the country, including the tragic murder of Romina Ashrafi, a 13-year-old girl by her father, and the murder of Reyhaneh Ameri, a 22-year-old Kermani girl, by her father and murder of Fatemeh Farahi in Abadan by her husband, who was also her cousin. According to reports from members of the group campaigning against honor killings in Iran, a 16-year-old girl from Kermanshah was stabbed several times by her father for “dishonoring” him.

The murder of this teenage girl, whose identity has been announced as “Shakiba Bakhtiar”, took place on Sunday, July 4th, 2021.

According to the report, the girl’s father stabbed her several times to death after severe beatings under the pretext of “her late return from the market.”  According to an informed source, since the beginning of this year, 9 women and girls have been killed in different Kurdish cities of Iran, 8 of which were committed by close family members and all 8 killed in the name honor killings.

Following these deadly incidents against women in Iran, Human Rights Watch called for the amendment and approval of the bill banning violence against women by the Islamic Republic as soon as possible. Iran is one of four countries that have not acceded to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Another legal issue that has always been criticized by Iranian human rights activists is the sentencing of fathers who commit child murder. According to Article 612 of this law, fathers are not considered murderers and if convicted in court, they pay ransom and will be sentenced to a maximum of ten years in prison. Civil society activists say changing the Islamic Penal Code should at least punish murderers in terms of the general nature of murder.

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