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...
Mobina Souri was killed by her husband, a clergyman. His motive was honor killing. A resident of a Syrian village said that the reason for this murder was the suspicion of adultery by both...
Galaleh Dahar suffered a concussion after being severely beaten by her husband. Galaleh’s husband killed her on suspicion of adultery and fled after committing the crime. Hundreds of women are killed each year just...
Leila Shakiba, a mother of two children, was stabbed to death by her husband, Bahram Bakhtiari. He was detained by police, but no court decision has yet been made. Leila intended to separate from...
Galaleh held a law degree and worked in a law office. She was killed a few months after her engagement to Kiomars Zarghami. Kiwmars was opposed to Galaleh’s employment and preferred his fiancé to...
Hussein, also known as Siavash, was shot to death by his father in Khorramabad because his parents did not accept his sexual identity. He was subjected to physical and psychological abuse by his father...
Alireza Fazeli Monfared was killed by his brother and his cousins. They left his lifeless body under a palm tree then called his mother to inform her where they had left his body. The...
Hajreh Hosseinbor was forced into marriage at the age of 16 to Ismail Gomshadzehi. They had a two-year-old son. Hajreh was subjected to various forms of domestic violence by her husband who beat her...
Fatemeh Barihi was killed by her 23-year-old husband. After killing Fatemeh he claimed “A year ago, Fatemeh Barihi ran away from home with another man 2 days after our marriage ceremony. I searched her...
Romina lived in a village in northern Iran, in the city of Talesh in Gilan. Romina’s father killed her with a sickle while she was sleeping. Romina’s father, Reza Ashrafi, told the court that...
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