2022 REPORT AND ANALYSIS OF

Key Findings: Femicides are under-reported and kept secret for a variety of reasons. Based on

Press release March 8, 2023

CONTACT:  contact@stopfemicideiran.org  FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND INTERACTIVE MAP AND REPORT ON FEMICIDE IN IRAN REVEALS A PREVALENCE OF

Be an Ally

Acknowledge that the lives of people in other countries and regions are as valuable as any

Why did 12-year-old Rahil have

Rahil Age at death: 12 Killed: February 2, 2023 Residence: Serkhon, Hormozgan Children: none Perpetrator:

Negin Rostami set on fire

Negin Rostami Age at death: Young burned alive: January 29, 2023 Residence: Sanandaj, Marivan (Kurdistan

Husband beat and strangled Marefat

Marefat Karimi Age at death: 29 years Strangled: February 16, 2023 Residence: Salmas, Urmia (West

Nurse Fuzieh Amini (37) presumed

Fuzieh Amini born: 1985 probably murdered: 9 March 2022 Residence: Saqez (Kordestan, Iran) Origin: Kurdish

Honor killing in Iran: 22-year-old

Faezeh Maleki Age at death: 22 years Burned alive: 3 October 2021 Residence: Korkoreh (Kurdish

21-year-old Shida in Mehrdasht strangled

Shida (Sheida) Age of death: 21 Strangled: December 17, 2020 Residence: Mehrdasht (Isfahan province, Iran)