K.M.M.K.
According to information received from KMMK, the past week (March 30 to April 6, 2025 / 10 to 17 Farvardin 1404) saw a worrying increase in suicides and murders across Kurdistan and other parts of Iran. During this period, at least eleven suicides and four murders were recorded. This alarming statistic highlights the deepening psychological crises, economic pressures, and lack of social and psychological support in these areas.
Recorded Suicides of the Past Week:
1. Mehrdad Nasirian – Khorramabad
2. Karo Azizi – Mahabad
3. Narges Mohammadpour – Saqez
4. Negar Aghazadeh – Maku
5. Alireza Ghorbani – Kermanshah
6. Melika Salehian – Kermanshah
7. Nastaran Babaei – Hamadan
8. Gisia Gholami – Borujerd
9. Zahra Esbati – Khorramabad
10. Sahar Moulodpour – Urmia
11. Ali Haghi – Urmia
The victims were primarily young people and teenagers—an entire generation who, due to poverty, unemployment, family structure breakdown, and psychological pressures from repression and deprivation, have been forced into choosing a bitter end. These suicides are not just statistics; they represent a profound sign of the deteriorating social conditions and the lack of a bright future for the youth.
Recorded Murders of the Past Week:
1. Milad Imaniani – Boukan; a young man killed by his mother and sister just three days before his wedding.
2. Ramin Rasouli – Sardasht; shot by an unknown couple.
3. Azita Fallahi – Qorveh; a victim of domestic violence, murdered by her husband.
4. Aylar Zahirpour – Islamabad-e Gharb; a twelve-year-old child shot dead by her father.
The rise in domestic murders and illegal shootings not only causes individual harm but also severely threatens the psychological and social security of the community. This reflects the absence of oversight, lack of education, and the collapse of human values under the strain of chronic social and economic pressures.
Violence Against Women: An Endless Nightmare
Women in Iran, especially in Kurdish regions, continue to be primary victims of structural violence. In the absence of protective laws for women and with governmental institutions remaining silent on this crisis, cases like the murders of Azita Fallahi and Aylar Zahirpour are just a glimpse into the harsh reality of patriarchal violence that daily threatens the lives and dignity of women and girls.
Violence, suicide, poverty, and social instability in the Kurdish regions are the direct result of structural discrimination, economic deprivation, cultural suppression, and the denial of collective identity. Security policies, widespread arrests, political executions, and extensive restrictions on individual and social freedoms have turned the environment into a hopeless hell for the youth.
The younger generation, lacking hope, security, and psychological support, is increasingly approaching the brink of mental collapse each day.
R.M
