Women’s Rights

How Iran’s Legal System Enables Impunity for Femicide In recent days, the shocking murder of a young mother on Iran’s Qeshm Island has once again brought the issue of femicide and honor killings into the media spotlight and social media conversations. Two Saturdays ago, a 28-year-old mother named Maryam Yarmohammadi was killed in her own home in a relentless knife attack. Two men have been arrested on charges of murder and complicity in murder. The murder suspect is Ms. Yarmohammadi’s […]