News Center— The rising number of femicides in Iran points to a worsening pattern of gender-based violence, amid the absence of effective solutions to curb this phenomenon. Reports affirm that the recurrence of such incidents reflects a social crisis requiring urgent legal and community intervention.

The Human Rights Organization, a rights group focused on monitoring violations against women in Iran and East Kurdistan, announced the killing of at least 26 women across various regions of East Kurdistan and Iran within a single month.

The organization published its monthly report, explaining that the majority of the female victims were killed by their partners, former partners, or family members — including sons and grandsons — in addition to cases of killing carried out for reasons of theft or by co-workers. The report also documented three cases of women's suicide, one of them a 16-year-old girl.

According to the data included in the report, 12 women were killed by their partners, alongside others killed by former partners, relatives, and colleagues across various settings.

The organization affirmed that some of these cases were carried out under justifications such as "opposition to divorce in the name of 'honor,'" refusal of marriage proposals, and family disputes.