Two more women become victims of femicide in Iran.
A middle-aged woman in Tehran was set ablaze by her husband and subsequently transferred to a medical center. Unfortunately, she lost her life due to the extent of her burns.
On the night of Thursday, January 11, 2024, a man set fire to his 50-year-old wife, who tragically passed away after a day of hospitalization.
According to the state-run Etemad daily, the woman shared with medical staff in her final hours, “My husband stopped the car, got out, approached my side, and said, ‘Let’s settle our problems. I will divorce you.’ I replied that I had no problem. However, he brought out a bottle and doused me with some liquid. Initially, I thought it might be acid, but then I smelled the unmistakable odor of petrol. That’s when he set me alight.”
Several days after this horrifying incident, the woman’s husband was arrested, and he confessed to the murder of his wife.
Another tragic incident took place in the city of Kavar in Fars Province, southern Iran. A 25-year-old woman was murdered by her husband due to family differences, according to state media. The 35-year-old man killed his 25-year-old wife in their shared residence, using a firearm to perpetrate this heinous act. The murderer later took his own life with the same firearm in another location.
Femicide in Iran is the worst form of the systematic violence against Iranian women. It has become prevalent due to the government’s failure to hand down adequate punishment to the perpetrators of these murders.
