How Iran’s government has weaponized sexual violence against women who dare to resist

How Iran’s government has weaponized sexual violence against women who dare to resist

In Iran’s 2022–2023 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, women’s bodies quite literally became battlefields. The protest movement erupted after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who was arrested by Iran’s morality police for improperly wearing a hijab. Her death became a powerful symbol of the government’s patriarchal control over women’s bodies, and ignited protests that exposed the regime’s use of sexual violence as a weapon …

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ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Government Has Weaponized Sexual Violence Against Women Who Dare to Resist - KAYHAN LIFE

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Iran ramps up state executions amid nuclear talks with US – Democratic Accent

Iran has carried out 1,051 state executions since President Masoud Pezeshkian took office on July 8, 2024 – a surge that security experts say the U.S. must weigh as it resumes nuclear negotiations with Tehran. The figure, reported to Fox News Digital by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), represents a more than 20% increase from the number of Iranians killed in 2023, which saw 853 Iranians executed by the regime.  In his race for …