The wife of an Iranian political activist who criticized the Islamic Republic’s ruling system says he has been arrested.

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The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering their husbands to fend off rape or after being forced into marriage ...

Some of of the women were convicted for murdering their husbands after suffering domestic abuse or being forced into marriage as children. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of Iran Human Rights ...

When a girl enters a family, she becomes Na Mahram (non-familial) when she reaches puberty unless the oath of making Mahram, or marriage is taken." Inside Iran Shiva Dolatabadi, head of Iran's society ...

A report by Stop Femicide in Iran (SFI) says there were 93 known ... rejecting proposals for marriage or refusing second marriages. Marjan Keypour, the founder of SFI and longtime human rights ...