Silent Cries: The Voice of Ayla Pasdar
I am Ayla Pasdar. Perhaps now, my voice will echo only as a faint murmur of pain andabandonment in the dark corridors of history.Ever since I lost my father, life in that tiny 12-square-meter...
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The Killing of 17-Year-Old Piranshahr Girl by Her Father Over “honor”
By: Rezvan Moghaddam On Saturday, January 25, 2025, a 17-year-old girl named Kani Abdollahi from Mashkanvillage in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, was killed by her father in an “honorkilling.”According to Mehr News Agency, Colonel...
The Horrific Killing of a Young Woman by Her Husband in Bardaskan, and the Arrest of the Killer 24 Days Later
By Rezvan Moghaddam On December 14, 2024, the disappearance of a young woman was reported to theBardaskan prosecutor’s office. Since no trace of the missing woman was found, it wassuspected that a crime had...
18-Year-Old Victim of Forced Marriage Killed by Husband in Kermanshah
On Wednesday, January 1, 2025, Kosar Darabi, an 18-year-old resident ofKermanshah, was shot to death by her husband. According to reports received by theStop Honor Killings Campaign, Kosar had been forced into marriage with...
Child Marriage Victim in Ilam Killed by Her Husband
Zahra Shahbazi, 28, Killed by Her Husband in Ilam.On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, Zahra Shahbazi, a 28-year-old woman, was killed by herhusband in one of the neighborhoods of Ilam, the capital of Ilam Province....
Killing of Sara Karami in Saqqez: Perpetrator(s) Remain Unknown
On January 5, 2025, a young woman named Sara Karami, a resident of Saqqez and themother of a 6-year-old son, was killed in her family home in Saqqez by unidentifiedindividuals.According to informed sources, Sara,...
Burning a Woman for Refusing a Marriage Proposal
By: Rezvan MoghaddamOn Wednesday, December 24, 2024, in the city of Naysar, east of Sanandaj inKurdistan Province, 27-year-old Ghazaleh Haddoudi was set on fire by a man whosemarriage proposal she had repeatedly rejected.According to...
My Name is Ghazaleh. He Burned Me for Saying ‘No.’ Be My Voice!
By: Rezvan MoghaddamMy name is Ghazaleh, a 27-year-old woman from Naysar, east of Sanandaj. If you’rehearing my story today, I may no longer be alive, but my voice and story must be heard.Two years...
The Bathhouse That Became Zahra’s Deathbed
On Monday, December 16, 2024, the cold winter air cast a gray haze over the sky ofNahavand. Zahra, a 23-year-old woman, was contemplating a future intertwined withhopes and fears. For her, motherhood was not...
In the Shadow of Silence: The Story of a Woman Who Fell Victim to
“Family Disputes” By Rezvan MoghadamOn Friday, November 29, 2024, in one of the quiet neighborhoods of Ilam, cries from ahouse shattered the silence of the alley. No one imagined these cries would mark thefinal...
