By:Dr. Rezvan Moghaddam Every year between November 13 and 19, civil organizations and activists participate in Awareness Week about the transgender population to help increase their visibility and address the problems faced by members...
Zeinat, a girl from Abadeh village, Lodab district, and Boyer-Ahmad city was killed by her brother after she complained of harassment by a neighborhood boy. Zeinat was being harassed and insulted by a boy...
Somayeh Fathi was killed by her father, brother, and other family members for what they called “honor killing.” She was married and was pregnant when she was forced to eat poison (rice pills). She...
Ishrat Nikkhouei was the mother of three children and hailed from the village of “Gangchin” in Urmia. Ishrat was recently forced to divorce her husband and live in her parents’ house due to the...
In a park in the Hajiabad neighborhood of Sanandaj, two sisters, 40 years old Bayan Moradi, a mother of three children ages 18, 13 and 8, and her sister Sahar Moradi, were shot to...
Homa Hajipour lived in Finland with her two children for several years. She returned to Iran to the city of Sardasht in Kurdistan to file for a legal divorce. On July 26, her husband...
Wafa Abdullahzadeh was a mother of two children. After divorcing her husband, she met a man and planned to remarry. Since the city of Sardasht is small and very traditional, the relationship was considered...
Faezeh Maleki, 22 years old, was divorced from her husband and living with her father. She was set on fire by her father because she had a boyfriend. Her father tried to make Faezeh’s...
Sonia (Fereshteh) was a child bride since the age of 13 and was recently divorced and living with her 6-year-old child in her grandparents’ house in Sardasht. Sonia worked in a hairdressing salon. On...
