Abstract

This study explores gender discrimination and sex bias in Iran’s capital punishment system, reviewing the story of women on death row in Islamic and totalitarian criminal justice systems. It reaches back to the classical Islam to trace how and why sharia law discriminates against women. It discuses original findings and is the first research to focus on execution of women in Iran. A small but emerging body of literature focuses on capital punishment in Iran but does not examine gender in detail. The role of Iran’s Islamic criminal justice system for women, particularly in the context of changes and gender bias after the Islamic revolution, is examined. There is substantial literature on mariticide (women killing their husbands) and filicide (women killing their children), but insufficient literature on gender discrimination in Iran’s capital punishment system. This study provides a profile of 155 women and examines how decision-making in an Islamic criminal justice system has influenced these cases.

摘要

本研究探讨了伊朗死刑制度中的性别歧视和性别偏见，回顾了伊斯兰和极权主义刑事司法系统中女性在死囚牢房中的故事。它可以追溯到古典伊斯兰教，以追溯伊斯兰教法的方式和原因法律歧视妇女。它讨论了最初的发现，是第一个关注伊朗女性处决的研究。一小部分新兴的文献关注伊朗的死刑，但没有详细研究性别。研究了伊朗伊斯兰刑事司法系统对妇女的作用，特别是在伊斯兰革命后的变化和性别偏见的背景下。有大量关于弑母（妇女杀死丈夫）和弑母（妇女杀死自己的孩子）的文献，但关于伊朗死刑制度中性别歧视的文献不足。本研究提供了 155 名妇女的概况，并研究了伊斯兰刑事司法系统的决策如何影响这些案件。