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A Woman Is Killed Every Two Days In Iran As 'Femicide' Spreads, RFE/RL Investigation Shows (www.rferl.org)
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According to an investigation by Radio Farda, at least 133 women and girls were killed in the last year for “honor” or other reasons by their husbands, fathers, and brothers – meaning that one woman is a victim of “femicide” every two days in the country.

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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm honestly surprised it's that low

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 5 days ago

Really depends if this is a 'tip of the iceberg' situation.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah seriously, are they running out?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 5 days ago

2.7 days, there is no reason to exaggerate, the numbers are already bad.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

What a shit religion and culture to coexist with such backwards subhuman barbarism

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

I was looking for homocide stats in Iran and clicked on a link thinking it would be purely about Iran, only to find a comparison between Iran and the USA. Here the copied table

Stat Iran USA
Age of criminal responsibility 9 Ranked 46th. 50% more than United States 6 Ranked 58th.
Believes crime increasing in the past 3 years 74.67 Ranked 21st. 14% more than United States 65.22 Ranked 44th.
Crime levels 54.87 Ranked 33th. 55.84 Ranked 30th. 2% more than Iran
Drugs > Annual cannabis use 4.2% Ranked 1st. 13.7% Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Iran
Drugs > Opiates use 2.26% Ranked 1st. 4 times more than United States 0.57% Ranked 3rd.
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > At night 40.46 Ranked 62nd. 41.84 Ranked 60th. 3% more than Iran
Fear of crime > Violent hate crime 18.15 Ranked 76th. 32.55 Ranked 31st. 79% more than Iran
Justice system > Punishment > Capital punishment (last execution year) 2,014 Ranked 2nd. The same as United States 2,014 Ranked 1st.
Murder rate 2.6 5
Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 7.3 Ranked 76th. 88.8 Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Iran
Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate 3 Ranked 51st. 4.7 Ranked 7th. 57% more than Iran
Violent crime > Murder rate 2,215 Ranked 21st. 12,996 Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Iran
Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 30.12 Ranked 61st. 42.01 Ranked 43th. 39% more than Iran
Violent crime > Murders 2,215 Ranked 21st. 12,996 Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Iran
Violent crime > Murders per million people 30.12 Ranked 61st. 42.01 Ranked 43th. 39% more than Iran

The USA is worse than Iran :O

Edit: until 2014! So 10 years of data missing.