Iran’s Escalating Crisis of Gender-Based Violence: State Daily Acknowledges Deepening Inequality and Legal Failure

Iran’s Escalating Crisis of Gender-Based Violence: State Daily Acknowledges Deepening Inequality and Legal Failure

A rare admission from a regime-run newspaper highlights alarming rises in femicide, domestic abuse, and systemic discrimination amid the government’s refusal to enact protective laws. A recent report published by the state-run daily Jahan-e Sanat has revealed a sharp and disturbing rise in gender-based violence in Iran, marking one of the regime’s rare admissions of a crisis it often attempts to conceal. The article describes a “cycle of discri…