In just 15 days, Iran witnessed at least 9 cases of femicide in Iran—women brutally murdered as victims of domestic abuse, so-called honor killings, and the chronic failures of protective institutions. Each of these killings is a human tragedy, yet they are often lost in official statistics and gradually normalized in the public conscience.

The relentless recurrence of such crimes is not the result of “momentary rage” or “personal disputes,” as often portrayed, but rather the direct consequence of structural inequality, a culture that tolerates violence, and the silence of responsible institutions.

These horrific cases of femicide highlight the escalating crisis of gender-based violence in Iran, where systemic legal shortcomings enable perpetrators to act with impunity.

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