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I have two daughters. It is my duty as a father to secure the personal security and human rights of my daughters.
The recent “honour killings” of innocent young women in Iran under the regime of the mullahs have horrified and terrified me.
An “honour killing” is a murder. Plain and simple. It is the opposite of honour.
In the past few months, there have been several heartbreaking and gruesome “honour killings” in Iran publicized in the media.
While there is no official data on “honour killings” in Iran, internal news agency ISNA estimates that an average of 375 to 450 honor killings occur in the Islamic Republic of Iran every year. It has been reported that twenty percent of murders in Iran are “honour killings”
This statistic is shocking. One “honour killing” is one too many. Several hundred “honour killings” are a plague on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Iranian authorities have the blood of these victims on their hands. The Islamic Republic of Iran has created and enforced laws that discriminate against females and make them second class citizens in both society and the law. These discriminatory laws give the green light to those who seek to commit violence against women and girls in Iran.
At the same time, the conservative Islamic legal system has shamefully failed to protect innocent and vulnerable women and girls from societal and family violence.
It would be irresponsible for me as a father to return with my wife and two daughters to a country which treats women and girls as second-class citizens and fails to protect them from gender violence.
Canada is a country where the lives of women and girls are valued the same as the lives of men and boys. Canada is a country where women and girls enjoy equality and protection in the law. This helps me sleep at night as a father.
It is really painful and horrible that . I agree with you . There is no more security and comfort in Iran . At any moment, any unfortunate event may happen to people .
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The word “HONOUR” itself has a beautiful meaning. Some 40 years ago, before the Islamic revolution happened in Iran they use it to describe the behavior when men used to support women, when their being were fair and sincere. And so the group of men whom had their way of faith and belief (called Laat or Looti) where the most respectful and trustable people whom the females felt safe with, Islamic regime not only caused the change of this meaning, also turned it back to something completely opposite which now a days is applied to the anarchists and gangsters.
ReplyDeleteControlling and repressing women is a central feature of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Politics and religion in Iran are intertwined to reduce women to second class citizens. The mandatory Iranian dress code is not just about our physical appearance. It is suffocating to women’s free will and psychological health.
The compulsory hijab is disrespectful and dehumanizing to women because it takes away our personal choice. Men in Iran are not required to cover their heads nor follow any kinds of dress codes limits. The compulsory hijab is the most visible symbol of the repression of women in Iran.
The Islamic government’s assault on women’s human rights extends to all aspects of our lives. Men in Iran are empowered to dominate and abuse the females in their home and in society in general by patriarchy laws no matter if they are family members or the absolute strangers.
It should come as no surprise that honour killings are a serious problem in the Islamic Republic of Iran where women’s lives are considered less important than a man’s so-called honour.
We, the Iranians (men and women) who have taken refuge in Canada, one of the most peaceful countries on this planet, have a responsibility to speak out for the voiceless women in Iran, to demand human rights, equality and justice for all women in Iran.
I dedicate my voice to Romina Ashrafi and Fatemeh Borhi, Reyhaneh Ameri and to an innocent student girl who was murdered by her brother (I heard the news while I was writing my comment) and countless more…
P.S. All kinds of human rights abuses are happening in the Islamic Republic of Iran now. It is an unbearable tragedy. While I love many things about my country, I hate what has become of it under the Islamic leadership.
Oct. 2020