Femicide Timeline - 2025

Updated on October 13, 2025

Reported cases of femicide (defined by UN Women as killings driven by “discrimination towards women and girls, unequal power relations between women and men, or harmful social norms”) represent only a small fraction of the actual cases in Iran.

There are no accurate statistics because so many cases of femicide go unreported, or are falsely reported as suicides and accidents. Yet every study undertaken so far indicates significant numbers of such killings in Iran—and that they are steadily increasing.

The Femena organization noted the Iran Statistics Center reported that in the first half of 2023, of the 52 cases of femicide officially recorded across various cities in Iran, 21 percent of the cases involved girls under the age of 18. The HRANA human rights news agency, meanwhile, reported that in 2024, there were at least 114 murders of women, and at least 16,264 cases of domestic violence.