Femicide cases increase in October in Iran: Many women killed by Iranian security forces
In October, many women were killed in Iran. At least nine women were killed by Iranian security forces in October.
News Center – The number of femicide cases increases every day due to the patriarchal and misogynistic system of the Islamic Republic, which has been ruling the Iranian society for more than four decades. In October, many women were killed in the country by men. Although the number of women, who were killed in October, is now unknown, the number of women, who were killed by the security forces, is reported as at least nine.
There are no accurate statistics of the number of women, who were driven into suicide or killed in Iran in October due to the Iranian regime’s restrictions to internet access.
NuJINHA Persian listed the number of the women, who were killed in October in Iran, by compiling news from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies. The number of women, who were killed in October, is probably higher than listed.
The list of women is as follows:
On September 23, Sarina Ismailzadeh was killed by the security forces in Karaj, but her death was reported by press outlets a few days after her death.
On September 23, Hadiyeh Naimani was killed by security forces in Hafez street of Iran’s Nowshahr city.
On September 25, 20-year-old Hadith Najafi was killed by security forces during a protest in the city of Karaj.
At the beginning of October, Roshana Ahmadi was killed by the security forces during a protest in the city of Bukan.
On September 22, 18-year-old Mehsa Mogoi was killed by security forces in the city of Fuladshahr, Isfahan Province.
In October, a woman and her daughter were choked to death by her husband.
On October 9, Nadia Erfani was killed by security forces in the city of Karaj.
On October 9, a Baloch woman from a Dastjardi family, was shot to death in the city of Qaleh Ganj by one of the security officers after rejecting his marriage proposal.
On October 10, Elaha Saeedi was shot to death by Iranian security forces in the city Saqqez.
On October 17, a woman was killed with a shoelace in Tehran by her husband
On October 22, a 38-year-old woman, her identity has not been determined, was killed by her husband in the city of Borazjan.