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.

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.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    21·
    14 hours 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.