Die iranische Feministin Mehrangiz Kar schreibt über die Ehrenmorde im Iran:
„Honor killings are as old as paternalistic cultures. What makes honor killings interesting in majority Muslim societies is that, in these societies, the legislator defends the murderer who commits an honor killing against a woman, citing mandates set by the Sharia and Islamic law.
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to addendum 2 to article 295 and article 226 of the Islamic penal code, if someone murders another on the assumption that the victim was “vajeb al-ghatl” [literally, „necessary to be killed“ ], he will not be tried for first-degree murder. Based on these laws, judges convict murderers who have committed honor killings on the assumption that the murdered woman has committed adultery not to death or life imprisonment, but rather to pay the “dia” [blood money ]. As such, legal incentives, protected by judges in the area of implementation, are given to men who are accused of killing women. This must be noted as the most important factor behind the rise in the number of honor killings in Iran. „
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