Report Highlights Impact of Terrorism on Iranian women
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A new report has been published detailing the impact of terrorism on Iranian women, revealing that 649 women have been killed in attacks carried out by terrorist groups between 1979 and 2024.
The report highlights the involvement of Western-backed groups and the geographical distribution of victims.
March 8 is celebrated worldwide as International Women’s Day. On this occasion, a statistical report has been released detailing the lives of Iranian women who, between February 11, 1979, and November 20, 2024, fell victim to the atrocities of terrorist groups. Astonishingly, many of these terrorist organizations have been supported by Western nations—countries that proclaim themselves champions of women’s rights—while their leaders reside within these very borders.
According to the Encyclopedia of the 23,000 Terror Victims of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 649 women have been assassinated by terrorist groups. All of these women were Muslim, with 390 being Shia and 259 Sunni. Among them, the youngest victim is Sana Pordel, a two-month-old infant who, along with her mother, lost her life in a suicide attack by the Jundallah terrorist group on December 15, 2010, during Tasu'a in Chabahar. The oldest victim, Gol-Jahan Moradzadeh, an 86-year-old woman, was killed on July 25, 1988, during the Eternal Light operation carried out by the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) terrorist group.
The first female victim of terrorism in Iran was Leila Rostami, a 42-year-old woman, who was killed on March 19, 1979, in Sanandaj by the Komala terror group. The most recent, as of now, is Masoumeh Karbasi, a 44-year-old media activist, who lost her life on October 20, 2024, in Beirut at the hands of the Zionist terrorist regime. Among these victims, notable figures include Mitra (Zeynab) Komaei, a 15-year-old girl, and Sakineh Sanadgol, a 31-year-old woman. Zeynab Komaei was brutally assassinated by the MEK for her steadfast commitment to her beliefs and values, while Sakineh Sandgol, feeding her infant, was killed alongside her child in a Jundallah suicide bombing.
The majority of these female victims were housewives (419), followed by students (85), university students (7), and teachers (6). The terrorist groups responsible for most of these losses include the MEK, Komala, ISIS, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and various Takfiri factions.
Geographically, the provinces of Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan have suffered the highest toll, with 147 and 134 female victims, respectively. Additionally, 134 of these women were killed outside Iran, primarily by ISIS and Takfiri groups.
For further information about the lives of these female victims of terrorism, you may refer to the infographic below.
