News Center _Iranian society has recently witnessed an alarming rise in rates of domestic and societal violence, as incidents of murder, suicide, and executions have become recurring phenomena, particularly affecting women and children. This underscores the urgent need for comprehensive reforms that promote justice and provide a safe environment for women and children in Iran.

In the city of Mashhad, a man brutally murdered his 60-year-old wife by repeatedly striking her on the head with an axe, then mutilated her body by cutting open her abdomen with scissors and attempting to sever her legs. This incident cannot be viewed as an isolated domestic crime, but rather as a dangerous indicator of the escalating domestic violence against women.

The home—supposed to be the safest place for women—has in many cases turned into a space of threat and danger. The repetition of such crimes shows that violence against women is not an exception, but a deeply rooted structural problem that continues to worsen. Societal silence, lack of effective support for women, normalization of domestic violence, and weak institutional mechanisms all contribute to the persistence and expansion of this phenomenon within Iranian society.

In our agency’s monthly report, statistics on murder and suicide and their causes in Iran were documented from 22 November to 21 December. According to the data, 32 women and 9 children were killed, 6 women died under mysterious circumstances, and 7 women were executed after being convicted in cases related to murder and drug offenses.

On 22 November, a man in the town of Nodoj in Kerman killed his wife, Fatemeh Sheibani, and her sister Masoumeh, citing a family dispute. Four days later, under the same pretext, a 55-year-old woman in Kavar County was killed, as was a 75-year-old woman in the Ekhtiyariyeh area of Tehran, murdered by her son on accusations of stealing jewelry.

On 26 November, a woman named Mahin Rahimi, previously sentenced to death for intentional murder, was executed by hanging in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. Another woman, Mina Seddoughi, convicted on drug-related charges, was executed by hanging in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. The body of a woman from Ahvaz residing in Salmas was also discovered; she had been killed by her husband eight months earlier in the village of Righ Abad.

The following day, a 52-year-old woman from Bandar Anzali was killed by an unknown assailant on charges of jewelry theft, and a young woman named Yasamin Pilehvari from Nahavand was killed by her brother for unknown reasons.

On 28 November, a 30-year-old woman named Fatemeh Karbardaz from Bandar Abbas was killed by her husband in an “honor killing.” In Isfahan, a 24-year-old woman named Shabnam Ahmadi was brutally murdered by her husband, also in an honor crime. A 14-year-old boy named Amir Hossein Piro from Gachsaran committed suicide for unknown reasons, and the following day, the mutilated body of an unidentified child was found in a landfill in Konarak.

On 1 December, five people traveling in a car—including two children, 14-year-old Hamzeh Mirbalouchzahi and a 12-year-old unidentified girl—were killed by unknown assailants in Iranshahr.

The next day, a man killed a 32-year-old woman living in Tehran Pars after sexually assaulting her. A 38-year-old nurse and mother of one child committed suicide while at work in Panj Azar Hospital in Gorgan.

On 3 December, a young woman in Qarchak County was killed by her brother over alleged family disputes. In Tehran, a 45-year-old woman was brutally murdered by her son under the pretext of honor. An unidentified woman convicted of drug-related charges was executed by hanging in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, and another woman, Rana Faraj Oghli, convicted of murder, was executed in Tabriz Central Prison.

On 4 December, a 5-year-old child from Zabol was brutally killed by an acquaintance over a family dispute. A 58-year-old woman from a village in Shahroud was killed by her son for similar reasons. On the same day, the body of a 24-year-old Afghan woman named Sagar from Chaharbagh was found in the desert after being killed by her stepfather. The following day, a young woman named Leila Azari from the village of Kani Allah Seydeh in Bukan was killed by her ex-husband for unknown reasons.

On 6 December, the body of a young woman from Alborz Province was found in Bidestan Safar, Qazvin, after she was killed by a minibus driver to steal her jewelry. The body of a 27-year-old woman named Somayeh Shirmohammadli from Gonbad Kavus was also found; she had been killed by a photography shop owner for jewelry theft.

On 7 December, a 37-year-old woman named Zeinab Hatami Nazari from Akbarabad neighborhood in Yasuj, and a mother of a young child, was killed by her cousin after she rejected his marriage proposal.

On 8 December, a young woman named Touran Ahmadpour from the village of Dilan Sharak Sofla in Naqadeh committed suicide after her husband married another woman. The following day, a young woman named Narges from Tehran was killed by her fiancé using cyanide pills.

On 11 December, a man from the village of Siahgondan in Rasht killed his former sister-in-law, 52-year-old Sarvar Ranjbar, and her 56-year-old husband over alleged family disputes. On the same day, a girl named Tania Shaft from Bukan committed suicide for unknown reasons, and a young woman from Arak was killed by her husband over alleged family disputes.

On 12 December, a man in Tabriz killed his ex-wife for refusing to return to him. On the same day, the body of an elderly woman living in the Afsariyeh neighborhood of Tehran was found burned intentionally inside her home. A four-year-old girl named Nov Safavari from the Ahan Afshar area in Ahvaz was also shot dead by an unknown assailant.

On 13 December, Sediqeh Ghorbani (29) and Hamideh Jabari (41) were executed by hanging on murder charges in Urmia and Qom prisons. The body of a 15-year-old boy named Mohammad Khaleqi (Vidadi) from Chabahar was found brutally murdered and burned behind the city prison two days after his disappearance.

The following day, a nurse at Imam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah, identified as Sheida Arzani, committed suicide for unknown reasons.

On 15 December, a 51-year-old woman was killed by her son in the Farhangian neighborhood of Tal Khosro in Yasuj over family disputes. A 16-year-old boy named Omran Baraki from the cities of Sib and Suran was killed by unknown assailants.

The next day, a 38-year-old unidentified woman living in Tehran was killed by her husband for unknown reasons.

On 17 December, Razieh Abbasi (40) was executed by hanging in Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on murder charges. The body of a 14-year-old unidentified girl from Nahavand was found four days after her disappearance, and an elderly woman named Amina Azimi from Javanrud committed suicide for unknown reasons.

On 18 December, a 27-year-old woman named Niko Nazari Zarouni from Kuhdasht was killed by her father, uncle, and brother for requesting a divorce. The body of a 26-year-old woman named Mahasti Nomadik was found in the Boukan Dam by local fishermen. The following day, a 60-year-old woman from Mashhad was brutally killed by her husband.

On 20 December, the body of a 33-year-old woman from Kazerun was found in a well near the city after 55 days of disappearance; she had been killed by her husband over alleged family disputes. A 45-year-old unidentified woman from Urmia was killed by an acquaintance in Bustan Street, Saadi neighborhood, over similar claims. On the same day, 23-year-old Fatemeh Bazvand from Rumeshkan County in Lorestan died after falling into a coma caused by severe beating by her brother using a vacuum cleaner handle, following two weeks of hospitalization.

On 21 December, the body of a 22-year-old woman from Kazerun was found in a well; she had been set on fire by her husband two months earlier for unknown reasons. A middle-aged woman named Aina Mousizadeh from Javanrud was also killed by her nurse to steal her jewelry.

According to recent statistics, a tragic crime occurred on 6 November in Jalagh, Saravan, where a 5-year-old child named Soheib (Esrafil) was beaten to death by his father. Additionally, on Tuesday, 18 November, a man from Tehran confessed—after a year and a half—to killing his 46-year-old wife on the grounds that she had requested a divorce.