Monday, May 16, 2022
  • English
  • Français
  • فارسی
  • عربى
PODCASTS
NCRI Women Committee
  • Home
  • News
    • Women’s News
    • Articles
    • Statements
  • Publications
    • Monthlies
    • Documents
    • Reference Library
  • About Us
    • Women’s Committee of Iran NCRI
    • Gender Equality
    • Women’s Platform
  • Maryam Rajavi
    • Biography
    • Maryam Rajavi Speeches
    • Ten Point Plan for Iran
    • Ten Point Plan for Women
  • Vanguards
    • Fallen for Freedom
    • Heroines in Chain
    • Women of Iranian Resistance
    • Famous Women
    • Women in History
  • Events
    • IWD Conferences
    • IWD Speeches
    • Activities
    • Solidarity
  • Videos
    • Events
    • International Solidarity
    • International Women’s Day
    • NCRI Women’s Committee Presentations
    • Other Activities in Iran
    • Violence Against Women in Iran
    • Women in Iran Protests, Uprising
  • Podcast
  • Donate
  • Contact us
No Result
View All Result
NCRI Women Committee
  • Home
  • News
    • Women’s News
    • Articles
    • Statements
  • Publications
    • Monthlies
    • Documents
    • Reference Library
  • About Us
    • Women’s Committee of Iran NCRI
    • Gender Equality
    • Women’s Platform
  • Maryam Rajavi
    • Biography
    • Maryam Rajavi Speeches
    • Ten Point Plan for Iran
    • Ten Point Plan for Women
  • Vanguards
    • Fallen for Freedom
    • Heroines in Chain
    • Women of Iranian Resistance
    • Famous Women
    • Women in History
  • Events
    • IWD Conferences
    • IWD Speeches
    • Activities
    • Solidarity
  • Videos
    • Events
    • International Solidarity
    • International Women’s Day
    • NCRI Women’s Committee Presentations
    • Other Activities in Iran
    • Violence Against Women in Iran
    • Women in Iran Protests, Uprising
  • Podcast
  • Donate
  • Contact us
No Result
View All Result
NCRI Women Committee
No Result
View All Result
Home Women's News

Discriminatory Laws on Women in Iran

April 14, 2013
in Women's News
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The mullahs’ misogynous regime began its systematic suppression of women immediately after it took power in Iran by adopting laws and enforcing social regulations. In this way it institutionalized state-sanctioned violence against women. The laws of the clerical regime not only permit but facilitate violence against women.

You might also like

Deprived of medicine, Leila Chegini at risk of paralysis in both legs

From behind bars, solidarity with nationwide protests over price hikes

Teachers’ demonstrations in 38 cities in 20 Iranian provinces

Laws on punishment
Laws on marriage, divorce, etc.
Polygamy
Freedom of choice
Divorce
Child’s custody and guardianship
Employment
Laws on inheritance
Laws on testimony
Notable Quotable

Article 102 of the Islamic Punishment Law: “Women, who appear on streets and in public without the religious veil, will be sentenced to 74 lashes.”

Article 638 of the Islamic Punishment Law: “Mal-veiling and unveiling are considered crimes, and their punishment is imprisonment from 10 days to two months or a fine from 50 to 500 thousand riyals.”

Article 330: “A woman’s Dyieh is half a man’s.”

Article 209 of the Civil Code: “If a Muslim man deliberately murders a Muslim woman, he will be sentenced to retribution in kind, but the family of the victim must pay half the amount of his blood-money (Dyieh) as compensation [in order to get him executed in retribution].”

Article 102 of Islamic Punishment Law: “During stoning, a man is put in a hole up to his waist and a woman up to her chest.”

Article 48 of the Penal Code: “Children are free from penal responsibility. A nine-year-old girl can be punished as an adult by flogging, execution and even stoning.”

Laws on marriage, divorce, etc.

Polygamy

A man can have four legal wives and infinite concubines.

Freedom of choice

Civil Code: “Father or grandfather can wed their daughter to any man before the girl reaches puberty. A father or grandfather can even wed their one-year-old daughter to any man they want.” (ISNA June 11, 2002)

Article 1043 of the Civil Code: “Marriage for girls is conditional on the consent of the father or grandfather.”

Article 1210 of the Civil Code: “Age of puberty for a boy is at 15 full lunar years and for a girl is at nine full lunar years.”

Divorce

Article 1133 of the Civil Code: “A husband is not required to present any reasons or grounds for divorce. On the other hand, women are not given the right to instigate divorce because they are prone to emotional and irrational decision-making.”

Article 1133 of the Civil Code: “A husband can divorce his wife whenever he chooses.” There are no limits to the husband’s authority in this respect. Whenever he so chooses, he can act, even in his wife’s absentia.

Child’s custody and guardianship

Article 1180: “The minor will be under the custody of his father or his father’s descendants.”

Article 1169: “A mother will be given priority for her child’s custody for two years after birth. Any time after that the father has custody except for children who remain in the custody of the mother until they are seven years old.”

Article 1170: “If a mother remarries during the period when she has the custody of the child, the father will take custody.”

Employment

Article 1117 Civil Code: “A husband can deny his wife any profession or job which would run counter to the interests of the family or the wife’s dignity.”

Bill passed by government, October 1979: “Women need their husbands’ permission for employment.”

Article 1114: “The wife must live in a house chosen by the husband, unless that choice is given to the wife.”

Laws on inheritance

Article 913 of the Civil Code: “A widower inherits one half of the estate of his wife as a widow inherits only one fourth of the estate of her husband provided that the deceased leaves no children or grand children as heirs, in which case the widow inherits one eighth while the widower inherits one fourth of the estate.”

Article 907 of the Civil Code: “If the deceased leaves sons and daughters, each son inherits and takes twice as much as each daughter.”

Laws on testimony

Article 237 of the Civil Code: “In cases involving death and murder, the testimony of two fair-minded men is necessary (i.e. a woman’s testimony does not count)… In cases of second degree murder or inadvertent murder, the testimony of two men or one fair-minded man and two fair-minded women are required. In other words, where the testimony of a woman is accepted, a woman’s testimony counts half as that of a man.”

 Article 189 of the Civil Code: “Waging war on God and corrupting the earth” is proved [in a court of law] with the “testimony of two fair-minded men only”.

Article 170 of the Civil Code: “In order to prove whether some one is intoxicated, the testimony of two fair-minded men is accepted and a woman’s testimony is not accepted.”

Article 199 of the Civil Code: “To prove a theft that deserves punishment [of amputation], the testimony of two fair-minded men is necessary, and a woman’s testimony is not accepted.”

Notable Quotable

Fatwa by Khomeini: “A woman who refuses to submit should be battered, and on the other hand, the law grants the husband the right to deprive a woman of everything, even food, should she still refuse to submit.”

Khomeini declared: “Hijab is a requirement, and those who reject it must be condemned to Takfir (execution).” (Ressalat – Jan. 6, 1978)

The regime’s General Prosecutor announced: “If a mal-veiled woman is arrested, there is no need for a court or a trial, since the crime is already established.” Public flogging of women in the streets is common.

The Islamic Council of Guardians decreed: “A woman does not have the right to leave her home without her husband’s permission, not even to attend her father’s funeral procession. A woman is completely at the service of her husband.”

 

ShareTweetPinShare

Recommended For You

Deprived of medicine, Leila Chegini at risk of paralysis in both legs

May 15, 2022
Leila Chegini at risk of paralysis in both legs

Leila Chegini, a political prisoner in Nowshahr Prison, is in poor health. Ms. Chegini has severe problems with her legs and back. “Her legs are very swollen and...

Read more

From behind bars, solidarity with nationwide protests over price hikes

May 14, 2022
Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared price hikes

Solidarity with nationwide protests over price hikes Simultaneous with the protests and popular uprisings in different cities against price hikes, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared sent a message...

Read more

Teachers’ demonstrations in 38 cities in 20 Iranian provinces

May 13, 2022
Teachers' demonstrations in 38 cities in 20 Iranian provinces

Teachers' demonstrations in 38 cities in 20 Iranian provinces. Teachers held demonstrations in 20 provinces and at least 38 Iranian cities despite the clerical regime's strict security measures.On...

Read more

A Baluchi woman hanged in the Central Prison of Zahedan

May 12, 2022
A Baluchi woman hanged in the Central Prison of Zahedan

The number of women executed in Iran since the summer of 2013 reaches 132 The authorities of the Central Prison of Zahedan hanged a Baluchi woman on the...

Read more

4 women documentary filmmakers and photographers arrested arbitrarily

May 11, 2022
4 women documentary filmmakers and photographers arrested arbitrarily

Iranian intelligence services arbitrarily arrested four women documentary filmmakers and photographers in Tehran on May 9 and 10, 2022. Firoozeh Khosravani Firoozeh Khosravani, a documentary filmmaker and director,...

Read more
Next Post

Iran: Women prisoners beaten for protest over bread shortages

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Documents

Climate change in Iran, women are the prime victims

Climate change in Iran, women are the prime victims

March 9, 2022

The clerical regime is the main culprit “Climate Change in Iran; women are the prime victims, the clerical regime is...

Brave and resilient, Iranian women lead the fight for freedom and equality

Brave and resilient, Iranian women lead the fight for freedom and equality

March 1, 2022

NCRI Annual Report 2022; Iranian women lead the fight for freedom and equality On the eve of International Women’s Day,...

spread of violence against women

The spread of violence against women in Iran, the mullahs’ ploy to control society

November 23, 2021

The Iranian Judiciary covers up violence against women In today’s Iran, we witness the constant spread of violence against women....

Monthlies

Monthly Report April 22 - restrictions on female students
Monthlies

Monthly Report April 22 – restrictions on female students

May 5, 2022
Monthly March 2022 –Female football fans in Iran pepper sprayed
Monthlies

Monthly March 2022 –Female football fans in Iran pepper sprayed

April 3, 2022
Monthly Report January 2022; Lives of political prisoners in danger
Monthlies

Monthly Report January 2022; Lives of political prisoners in danger

February 4, 2022
Monthly Report December 2021 – The executions of women in Iran
Monthlies

Monthly Report December 2021 – The executions of women in Iran

January 3, 2022

Articles

A glance at conditions of female workers in Iran

The deplorable conditions of female workers in Iran

April 30, 2022

Every year on May 1, we celebrate International Workers' Day. However, this is a day of grave concern for labor...

Brave mothers rise up to expose crimes of Iranian Revolutionary Guards

Brave mothers rise up to expose crimes of Iranian Revolutionary Guards

April 26, 2022

Brave mothers rise up to expose the crimes of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards April 27, 1981, has been registered under...

International Earth Day – A look at the mullahs’ destructive policies

International Earth Day – A look at the mullahs’ destructive policies

April 21, 2022

International Earth Day – A look at the mullahs’ destructive policies April 22 is called International Earth Day. This is...

The Fallen for Freedom

Nosrat Ramezani
The Fallen for Freedom

Nosrat Ramezani

May 1, 2022
Sorayya Abolfathi
The Fallen for Freedom

Sorayya Abolfathi

November 6, 2021
Fatemeh Zarei will always be remembered for sacrificing for her people
The Fallen for Freedom

Fatemeh Zarei

October 16, 2021
Azadeh Tabib
The Fallen for Freedom

Azadeh Tabib

September 28, 2021

ABOUT US

NCRI Women Committee

We work extensively with Iranian women outside the country and maintain a permanent contact with women inside Iran. The Women’s Committee is actively involved with many women’s rights organizations and NGO’s and the Iranian diaspora.
The committee is a major source of much of the information received from inside Iran with regards to women. Attending UN Human Rights Council meetings and other international or regional conferences on women’s issues and engaging in a relentless battle against the Iranian regime’s misogyny are part of the activities of members and associates of the committee.

CATEGORIES

  • Activities
  • Articles
  • Documents
  • Events
  • Famous Women
  • Heroines in Chain
  • International Solidarity
  • International Women's Day
  • IWD Conferences
  • IWD Speeches
  • Maryam Rajavi
  • Maryam Rajavi Speeches
  • Monthlies
  • NCRI Women's Committee Presentations
  • Other Activities in Iran
  • Podcast
  • Reference Library
  • Solidarity
  • Statements
  • The Fallen for Freedom
  • Uncategorized
  • Videos
  • Violence Against Women in Iran
  • Women in History
  • Women in Iran Protests, Uprising
  • Women of Iranian Resistance
  • Women's News

BROWSE BY TAG

Child marriage coronavirus education execution forced hijab Gender Gap Generation Equality Honor killings Iran Teachers Maryam Akbari Monfared Nurses Poverty Prisoners Protests rural women Saba Kord Afshari The girl child Violence against women Women's Leadership Women Heads of Household Zeinab Jalalian

The copyright of all the material published on this website has been registered under © 2016 the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. To obtain permission to copy, redistribute or publish the material published on this website, you should write to the NCRI Women’s Committee. Please include the link of the original article on our website, women.ncr-iran.org.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Women’s News
    • Articles
    • Statements
  • Publications
    • Monthlies
    • Documents
    • Reference Library
  • About Us
    • The NCRI Women’s Committee
    • Gender Equality
    • Women’s Platform
  • Maryam Rajavi
    • Maryam Rajavi Speeches
    • Ten Point Plan for Iran
    • Ten Point Plan for Women
  • Vanguards
    • The Fallen for Freedom
    • Heroines in Chain
    • Women of Iranian Resistance
    • Famous Women
    • Women in History
  • Events
    • IWD Conferences
    • Activities
    • IWD Speeches
    • Solidarity
  • Videos
  • Podcast
  • Donate
  • Contact us
  • فارسی
  • عربی
  • Français

The copyright of all the material published on this website has been registered under © 2016 the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. To obtain permission to copy, redistribute or publish the material published on this website, you should write to the NCRI Women’s Committee. Please include the link of the original article on our website, women.ncr-iran.org.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist