Under the Iranian code, the worth of a woman’s life equals half of a man’s, a point that often leads to grotesque legal judgments that effectively punish the victims. In this instance, the judge ruled that the ‘blood money’ for the two men was worth more than the life of the murdered nine-year-old girl, and he demanded that her family come up with thousands of dollars to finance their executions. Shirin Ebadi
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Women in Iran are treated as inferior to men, and life can be very hard for them. In this particular case, the blood money for the two men was worth more than the life of the murdered nine-year-old girl, and he demanded that her family come up with thousands of dollars to finance their executions. With a code like this, a family might not want to pay a ransom to save a young girl from being executed.

Source: Iran Awakening

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