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May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"IranWire reported the case of Afsaneh, a 22-year-old who was sent to a psychiatric hospital following interrogation in 2022, returned to Urmia Prison and later took her own life. Upon arrival at the prison, she reportedly told fellow inmates: ‘They hit me a lot. They raped me many times'" (para 38-39).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"IranWire reported the case of Afsaneh, a 22-year-old who was sent to a psychiatric hospital following interrogation in 2022, returned to Urmia Prison and later took her own life. Upon arrival at the prison, she reportedly told fellow inmates: ‘They hit me a lot. They raped me many times'" (para 38-39).
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"In October 2024, 22 female political and ideological prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison released an open letter demanding the end to sexual harassment during body searches" (para 56). This information shows that the women who are politically active in terms of discussing gender issues and bringing up the topics on women's rights and demands in Iran are typically facing suppression and detention followed by violence, rape, and gendered torture (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"In October 2024, 22 female political and ideological prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison released an open letter demanding the end to sexual harassment during body searches" (para 56). This information shows that the women who are politically active in terms of discussing gender issues and bringing up the topics on women's rights and demands in Iran are typically facing suppression and detention followed by violence, rape, and gendered torture (MR-CODER COMMENT).
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In October 2024, 22 female political and ideological prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison released an open letter demanding the end to sexual harassment during body searches" (para 56).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In October 2024, 22 female political and ideological prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison released an open letter demanding the end to sexual harassment during body searches" (para 56).
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Monireh Baradaran, who spent a decade in prison from 1981 to 1991, recalled being flogged while her chador slipped from her head. She said her interrogator shouted at her for exposing her hair, in violation of Islamic laws imposed after the 1979 revolution. ‘I remember that I passed out,’ she said, ‘When I regained consciousness, the first thing I heard was the interrogator telling me: You are shameless! Cover yourself up'" (para 24-26).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Monireh Baradaran, who spent a decade in prison from 1981 to 1991, recalled being flogged while her chador slipped from her head. She said her interrogator shouted at her for exposing her hair, in violation of Islamic laws imposed after the 1979 revolution. ‘I remember that I passed out,’ she said, ‘When I regained consciousness, the first thing I heard was the interrogator telling me: You are shameless! Cover yourself up'" (para 24-26).
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"‘They [the regime’s forces inside prison] repeatedly struck my [Mina, Iranian former detainee] head with a Koran so hard that my nose began to bleed. The interrogator also touched my body under my clothes while using disgusting sexual language, and repeatedly asked which newspaper editors I had slept with. ’She added: ‘He told me, I will bring your 12-year-old son here and make him rape you. Then you will confess on television'" (para 4-5). This information shows that the misogynistic environment created and reinforced by Iran’s Sharia-based system enables prison and interrogation officials to sexually harass, humiliate, and threaten female detainees with rape, contributing to a broader culture that normalizes...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"‘They [the regime’s forces inside prison] repeatedly struck my [Mina, Iranian former detainee] head with a Koran so hard that my nose began to bleed. The interrogator also touched my body under my clothes while using disgusting sexual language, and repeatedly asked which newspaper editors I had slept with. ’She added: ‘He told me, I will bring your 12-year-old son here and make him rape you. Then you will confess on television'" (para 4-5). This information shows that the misogynistic environment created and reinforced by Iran’s Sharia-based system enables prison and interrogation officials to sexually harass, humiliate, and threaten female detainees with rape, contributing to a broader culture that normalizes...more
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"‘They [the regime’s forces inside prison] repeatedly struck my [Mina, Iranian former detainee] head with a Koran so hard that my nose began to bleed. The interrogator also touched my body under my clothes while using disgusting sexual language, and repeatedly asked which newspaper editors I had slept with. ’She added: ‘He told me, I will bring your 12-year-old son here and make him rape you. Then you will confess on television'" (para 4-5). "‘In 1982, they [IRGC forces] took me [then 14-year-old male detainee in Iran's prisons] to the third floor of the Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran and sat me blindfolded outside Mehrayin’s [Mohammad Mehrayin, former Islamic Republic...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"‘They [the regime’s forces inside prison] repeatedly struck my [Mina, Iranian former detainee] head with a Koran so hard that my nose began to bleed. The interrogator also touched my body under my clothes while using disgusting sexual language, and repeatedly asked which newspaper editors I had slept with. ’She added: ‘He told me, I will bring your 12-year-old son here and make him rape you. Then you will confess on television'" (para 4-5). "‘In 1982, they [IRGC forces] took me [then 14-year-old male detainee in Iran's prisons] to the third floor of the Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran and sat me blindfolded outside Mehrayin’s [Mohammad Mehrayin, former Islamic Republic...more
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"‘In 1982, they [IRGC forces] took me [then 14-year-old male detainee in Iran's prisons] to the third floor of the Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran and sat me blindfolded outside Mehrayin’s [Mohammad Mehrayin, former Islamic Republic ruthless interrogator, known as 'Butcher of Evin'] office. From inside the room, I could hear the horrifying screams of a woman. After some time, Mehrayin took me into the room; a naked girl lay on the floor, motionless. As he was leaving the room, he ordered me to rape her. ‘When he came back and saw that I had done nothing, he slapped me and ordered the girl to be taken away...'" (para 9-10)....more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"‘In 1982, they [IRGC forces] took me [then 14-year-old male detainee in Iran's prisons] to the third floor of the Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran and sat me blindfolded outside Mehrayin’s [Mohammad Mehrayin, former Islamic Republic ruthless interrogator, known as 'Butcher of Evin'] office. From inside the room, I could hear the horrifying screams of a woman. After some time, Mehrayin took me into the room; a naked girl lay on the floor, motionless. As he was leaving the room, he ordered me to rape her. ‘When he came back and saw that I had done nothing, he slapped me and ordered the girl to be taken away...'" (para 9-10)....more
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Amnesty has reported that girls as young as 12 have been raped in an effort to inflict lasting physical and psychological damage" (para 16). "The use of sexual violence intensified during the 2022 anti-government protests, which erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. Amnesty documented testimonies from at least 45 survivors, including men, women and children, who reported rape, gang rape and other forms of sexual violence. The organisation stated that ‘Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protestors as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Amnesty has reported that girls as young as 12 have been raped in an effort to inflict lasting physical and psychological damage" (para 16). "The use of sexual violence intensified during the 2022 anti-government protests, which erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. Amnesty documented testimonies from at least 45 survivors, including men, women and children, who reported rape, gang rape and other forms of sexual violence. The organisation stated that ‘Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protestors as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide...more
May 18, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"‘They [the regime’s forces inside prison] repeatedly struck my [Mina, Iranian former detainee] head with a Koran so hard that my nose began to bleed. The interrogator also touched my body under my clothes while using disgusting sexual language, and repeatedly asked which newspaper editors I had slept with. ’She added: ‘He told me, I will bring your 12-year-old son here and make him rape you. Then you will confess on television'" (para 4-5). "More recent cases point to the continuation of these practices. In January 2026, two nurses from Tehran’s Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Centre were gang-raped and tortured by security agents after treating wounded protesters. The assaults...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"‘They [the regime’s forces inside prison] repeatedly struck my [Mina, Iranian former detainee] head with a Koran so hard that my nose began to bleed. The interrogator also touched my body under my clothes while using disgusting sexual language, and repeatedly asked which newspaper editors I had slept with. ’She added: ‘He told me, I will bring your 12-year-old son here and make him rape you. Then you will confess on television'" (para 4-5). "More recent cases point to the continuation of these practices. In January 2026, two nurses from Tehran’s Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Centre were gang-raped and tortured by security agents after treating wounded protesters. The assaults...more
May 5, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: WAM-DATA-2
"In Iran, Instagram was more than an app. It was a shopfront, a beauty salon, a classroom, an office. Women sold clothes and cosmetics, baked cakes, offered beauty services, taught languages, designed logos and built small businesses from their bedrooms" (para 8).
Variables: WAM-DATA-2
"In Iran, Instagram was more than an app. It was a shopfront, a beauty salon, a classroom, an office. Women sold clothes and cosmetics, baked cakes, offered beauty services, taught languages, designed logos and built small businesses from their bedrooms" (para 8).
May 5, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"For many women here, losing a job is not just losing income. It can mean losing a home, a city and a life they fought hard to build. And so Tehran is losing its daughters. The city that once offered escape is beginning to send them back. Back to smaller cities. Back to family homes. Back to dependence—often to the lives they thought they had escaped for good" (para 16-18). This information shows that with the decision of nationwide digital blackout, which is still ongoing, the very limited avenue of women making a living and being able to afford living independently in big cities is taken away from them, which...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"For many women here, losing a job is not just losing income. It can mean losing a home, a city and a life they fought hard to build. And so Tehran is losing its daughters. The city that once offered escape is beginning to send them back. Back to smaller cities. Back to family homes. Back to dependence—often to the lives they thought they had escaped for good" (para 16-18). This information shows that with the decision of nationwide digital blackout, which is still ongoing, the very limited avenue of women making a living and being able to afford living independently in big cities is taken away from them, which...more
May 5, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"In Iran, Instagram was more than an app. It was a shopfront, a beauty salon, a classroom, an office. Women sold clothes and cosmetics, baked cakes, offered beauty services, taught languages, designed logos and built small businesses from their bedrooms" (para 8). "Sima, 29, runs a small online clothing business. For two months, she says, almost no orders have come in. What once brought in modest but steady income has become little more than an empty storefront. Baran, 34, says she feels herself 'going crazy' thinking about how quickly life is unraveling. The online business she spent years building is collapsing. Payments are not arriving. Debts are piling up" (para...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"In Iran, Instagram was more than an app. It was a shopfront, a beauty salon, a classroom, an office. Women sold clothes and cosmetics, baked cakes, offered beauty services, taught languages, designed logos and built small businesses from their bedrooms" (para 8). "Sima, 29, runs a small online clothing business. For two months, she says, almost no orders have come in. What once brought in modest but steady income has become little more than an empty storefront. Baran, 34, says she feels herself 'going crazy' thinking about how quickly life is unraveling. The online business she spent years building is collapsing. Payments are not arriving. Debts are piling up" (para...more
May 5, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2
"Layoffs in offices and shops appear to hit women especially hard. There are no official figures, but many suspect employers assume men are more likely to be breadwinners. A woman, they think, may have a husband or father to fall back on. But many do not—or do not want to" (para 15). This information shows that discriminatory gender norms in Iran contribute to women being targeted more heavily during layoffs because employers assume women are financially dependent on male family members (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2
"Layoffs in offices and shops appear to hit women especially hard. There are no official figures, but many suspect employers assume men are more likely to be breadwinners. A woman, they think, may have a husband or father to fall back on. But many do not—or do not want to" (para 15). This information shows that discriminatory gender norms in Iran contribute to women being targeted more heavily during layoffs because employers assume women are financially dependent on male family members (MR-CODER COMMENT).
April 30, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4
According to calculations based off of data collected from the WHO mortality database, the femicide rate for 15-44 year olds in 2021 was 1.1 per 100,000 female (15-44 age) population.
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4
According to calculations based off of data collected from the WHO mortality database, the femicide rate for 15-44 year olds in 2021 was 1.1 per 100,000 female (15-44 age) population.
April 2, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-2
"In Iran, the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising following the 2022 killing of Mahsa Jina Amini has declared bodily autonomy as a frontline demand. Women publicly unveiled, burned their headscarves, and confronted clerics. The ‘turban-flying’ protests—where people knocked clerics’ turbans off their heads—became a potent symbol of rejecting male religious authority and patriarchy" (para 23).
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-2
"In Iran, the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising following the 2022 killing of Mahsa Jina Amini has declared bodily autonomy as a frontline demand. Women publicly unveiled, burned their headscarves, and confronted clerics. The ‘turban-flying’ protests—where people knocked clerics’ turbans off their heads—became a potent symbol of rejecting male religious authority and patriarchy" (para 23).
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Shaghayegh Moradiannejad, an Iranian photographer who escaped the country with her family five years ago, pressed that torture has 'always been the regime’s method'" (para 11).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Shaghayegh Moradiannejad, an Iranian photographer who escaped the country with her family five years ago, pressed that torture has 'always been the regime’s method'" (para 11).
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "'They [the Islamic Republic militants] are raping men and women in jail. They are being raped every day by [a] group of police. We are not people to [the regime]. People are getting raped...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "'They [the Islamic Republic militants] are raping men and women in jail. They are being raped every day by [a] group of police. We are not people to [the regime]. People are getting raped...more
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
Following is a series of examples on the Islamic Republic targeting women protesters, singling them out, and performing special punishment or abuse on them (MR-CODER COMMENT). "Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "An Iranian refugee also told the outlet that...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
Following is a series of examples on the Islamic Republic targeting women protesters, singling them out, and performing special punishment or abuse on them (MR-CODER COMMENT). "Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "An Iranian refugee also told the outlet that...more
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2).
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "'They [the Islamic Republic militants] are raping men and women in jail. They are being raped every day by [a] group of police. We are not people to [the regime]. People are getting raped...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "'They [the Islamic Republic militants] are raping men and women in jail. They are being raped every day by [a] group of police. We are not people to [the regime]. People are getting raped...more
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1).
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "'They [the Islamic Republic militants] are raping men and women in jail. They are being raped every day by [a] group of police. We are not people to [the regime]. People are getting raped in the jail every day,' they [an Iranian source] continued" (para 4). "An Iranian refugee also told the outlet that they and others who were locked up were gang-raped at gunpoint by masked men and turned into 'sexual...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "'They [the Islamic Republic militants] are raping men and women in jail. They are being raped every day by [a] group of police. We are not people to [the regime]. People are getting raped in the jail every day,' they [an Iranian source] continued" (para 4). "An Iranian refugee also told the outlet that they and others who were locked up were gang-raped at gunpoint by masked men and turned into 'sexual...more
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "Some female detainees were allegedly mutilated in an attempt to conceal the militants’ barbaric sexual abuse" (para 7). This information, though not explicitly mentioning murdered women, indicates that this practice is carried out on...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "Some female detainees were allegedly mutilated in an attempt to conceal the militants’ barbaric sexual abuse" (para 7). This information, though not explicitly mentioning murdered women, indicates that this practice is carried out on...more
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"According to the sources, a document was then prepared stating that the woman [Iranian female nurse who was gang raped during the country's uprisings in early January] had entered into a temporary marriage with one of the agents, a step described as intended to create the conditions for her release. She was also required to sign a pledge stating that after her release she would declare that she had been abused and raped by 'rioters,' the sources said" (para 17-18). This information shows that authorities required a detained woman to enter into a temporary marriage with a security agent as a condition for her release. This reflects government actors using...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"According to the sources, a document was then prepared stating that the woman [Iranian female nurse who was gang raped during the country's uprisings in early January] had entered into a temporary marriage with one of the agents, a step described as intended to create the conditions for her release. She was also required to sign a pledge stating that after her release she would declare that she had been abused and raped by 'rioters,' the sources said" (para 17-18). This information shows that authorities required a detained woman to enter into a temporary marriage with a security agent as a condition for her release. This reflects government actors using...more
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Last month, Iran International reported that female protesters detained during the protests on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 were raped and sexually assaulted while in custody. Two teenage girls, aged 15 and 17, who were arrested during protests on January 8, were raped by on duty soldiers at a detention facility, local sources told Iran International" (para 39-40).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Last month, Iran International reported that female protesters detained during the protests on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 were raped and sexually assaulted while in custody. Two teenage girls, aged 15 and 17, who were arrested during protests on January 8, were raped by on duty soldiers at a detention facility, local sources told Iran International" (para 39-40).
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Last month, Iran International reported that female protesters detained during the protests on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 were raped and sexually assaulted while in custody. Two teenage girls, aged 15 and 17, who were arrested during protests on January 8, were raped by on duty soldiers at a detention facility, local sources told Iran International" (para 39-40). This information shows Iranian women cannot freely participate in protests that are not necessarily related to gender issues and can get arrested and be subject to sexual assualt and rape as a punishment (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Last month, Iran International reported that female protesters detained during the protests on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 were raped and sexually assaulted while in custody. Two teenage girls, aged 15 and 17, who were arrested during protests on January 8, were raped by on duty soldiers at a detention facility, local sources told Iran International" (para 39-40). This information shows Iranian women cannot freely participate in protests that are not necessarily related to gender issues and can get arrested and be subject to sexual assualt and rape as a punishment (MR-CODER COMMENT).
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"According to the sources, a document was then prepared stating that the woman [Iranian female nurse who was gang raped during the country's uprisings in early January] had entered into a temporary marriage with one of the agents, a step described as intended to create the conditions for her release. She was also required to sign a pledge stating that after her release she would declare that she had been abused and raped by 'rioters,' the sources said" (para 17-18). This information shows that authorities forced the victim to sign a pledge falsely attributing the rape to rioters. This demonstrates coercion and barriers preventing accurate reporting of sexual violence, hence...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"According to the sources, a document was then prepared stating that the woman [Iranian female nurse who was gang raped during the country's uprisings in early January] had entered into a temporary marriage with one of the agents, a step described as intended to create the conditions for her release. She was also required to sign a pledge stating that after her release she would declare that she had been abused and raped by 'rioters,' the sources said" (para 17-18). This information shows that authorities forced the victim to sign a pledge falsely attributing the rape to rioters. This demonstrates coercion and barriers preventing accurate reporting of sexual violence, hence...more
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more