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On Police Neutrality in the High Rate of Women Killed by Their Relatives

Kamangir | January 2, 2008 | Category Human Rights, Iran, Islamic Republic, Women

One of the high-commanders of the Police force stated a few days ago that in 63% of cases of murder with a female victim, women are killed by a family member and that “the Police cannot intervene in these cases” [Persian]. The Persian blogger Ghoghnoos (means Phoenix) is outraged by these remarks and asks [Persian],

Why is it that the Police cannot enter a household and intervene when a woman is killed but if Ahmad, for example, has a can of beer in his basement or a satellite dish on his rooftop they have all the rights to enter the place and intervene? Why is it that if Ahmad kills his wife, or his daughter, then the Police cannot go in and intervene?

The picture is from a June 2007 raid by the Police to destroy satellite dishes and arrest petty criminals.

Reader's Comments

  1. Isaac Schrödinger | January 6th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    It’s a Family Matter…

    Kamangir:One of the high-commanders of the Police force stated a few days ago that in 63% of cases of murder…

  2. Josh Scholar | January 7th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Some years ago I saw a documentary about a women’s prison in Iran where most of the prisoners were apparently there for having attempted to escape their husbands. Some of the “women” were just girls…

    Since then I’ve been called a liar for even remembering that.

    But whatever, this looks like any slave state to me. Women can be killed and if they try to escape, they go to jail.

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