Women in Iran: In The Cocoon

In December 2022 17-year-old Masumeh was killed by her father who had forced her to get married while still a minor, during the ongoing feminist revolution in Iran. Her father confessed to the murder of his daughter to police without any delay. He knows that in the Islamic Republic of Iran he will not receive the death penalty for the murder of his daughter, in contrast to other murder cases in Iran. His penalty consists of paying bloodmoney to those who could have inherited from childless 17-year-old Masumeh.

After Romina Ashrafi, a thirteen-year-old Iranian girl, was decapitated with a scythe by her own father, he knew he had made a decision without consequences after talking to his lawyer. Romina had fled her home because she did not want to get married. Police found her and returned her to her father even though she described the situation to them. After that, her father cut off her head with a scythe.