Iran is a primitive society based on superstition and where 1500 year old barbaric laws are upheld.
The same goes for all other countries that use Sharia law or other laws based on superstition or tradition.
*a primitive regime.
The society is much more complex than this.
On the day her husband was killed, Kouhkan found him beating her son, then aged five. She called a cousin for help. When he arrived a fight broke out which resulted in the death of her husband.
Man slaughter at worst. No jury in a civilized country would condemn but Based on all the example court cases in the article this country hates women and is just looking for any excuse to murder them even if you didn't do it.
About the donation drive: it seems legit and I encourage people to help her.
I checked the background of the Qasim Child Foundation and they're a registered charity in Australia since 2020. Here's one of their letters from 2022 to the Australian parliament, asking Australia to use its influence on Iran. The director of the foundation, Mehdi Ghatei, is a real person living in Australia and originating from Iran.
What I think about the case: if a person has been "married off" as a child, not because of her wishes, indeed against her informed consent, has tried returning to her parents only to be sent away to an abusive husband, and has subsequently got into a fight with her husband after he harmed her and their child - a court should not convict of murder, but at most "provoked homicide" (if self defense is ruled out).
Extracting confessions without a lawyer present, getting signatures from a person who cannot read (what society fails to teach reading and writing?) - all of this is complete bollocks too, of course. But in the state of Iran, so many things are systematically borked that one loses count. :(
P.S.
Blood money might be a matter of negotiation. The family of her husband might even reconsider if offered a tangible large sum short of their demands instead of mere blood, which benefits nobody.
Thank you for doing this detailed research, really appreciated!
No problem, it was easy. :)
P.S.
I notice that some people (perhaps special rapporteur Mai Sato) have explained her situation to the office of the UN high commissioner for human rights, and the UN has published a call for Iran to intervene in her case.
Iran must halt execution of Goli Kouhkan domestic violence survivor: UN experts
I hope the word of the OHCHR suffices - that Iranian officials take note and prevent her execution.
If I were an Iranian official, no matter how conservative or stuck in old ways, I would remember what happened after Mahsa Amini / Jina Amini was killed, and would carefully steer away from repeating any similar chain of events.
for the killing of her abusive husband
A pretty big part to miss
I'm not saying that makes the situation just, just that it comes a long way in explaining the why
Yeah, she was a victim of state and family-sanctionned pedophilia and child abuse, and she was trying to protect her son. In a sane country she would have been acquitted or given a slap on the wrist.
How exactly am I disagreeing with that?
Do you usually see people replying to your comments with "yeah" plus further information as disagreement?
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