On October 31, 2025, Mitra Jamali, a 34-year-old woman from Darab, was killed by her
fiancé, who was also her cousin, after he shot her with a firearm. Just days before the
crime, the perpetrator had posted a photo of the same weapon on his Instagram page,
the weapon he later used to take Mitra’s life.
According to local reports, the motive for the killing was Mitra’s decision to end the
engagement. After the killing, several of the perpetrator’s friends encouraged him on
social media, praising his actions and claiming that Mitra had “betrayed him” and was
therefore “deserving of death.”
These reactions reveal the deeply rooted culture of patriarchy and honor-based violence
in society, a culture in which, in some regions of Iran, a man’s supposed “ownership”
over a woman is taken for granted, and a woman’s decision to separate or assert
independence is viewed as a threat to “male honor.”
The killing of Mitra Jamali is another sign of the persistence of violent structures, the
weakness of legal protections for women, and the absence of public education on
equality and human rights.
The Stop honor Killings Campaign condemns this crime and calls for full legal
prosecution of the killer and serious action against the promotion of violence on social
media. Posting images of weapons and encouraging killing must be criminalized and
prosecuted by responsible authorities.
We honor Mitra’s memory and affirm that no woman should be killed for making a
personal choice.
Every name is a life. Every life has the right to freedom.

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