September 1, 2026; "Hana Rakan," a 16-year-old teenage girl who had been subjected to continuous domestic violence and abuse by her father since childhood and was barred from pursuing her education, was killed in recent days by her father with a single handgun shot to the back of the head while she was asleep. After murdering his daughter, "Mojtaba Rakan" told his wife: "I killed her, go collect her corpse." Despite the murder, Hana's father has not been arrested to date, remains at large, and even disrupted his daughter's memorial service on the first night.

An informed source confirmed the news to Kurdpa and shared details regarding the killing of this 16-year-old teenager: On the evening of Friday, August 28, 2026, Hana went to sleep after being severely beaten and threatened with death by her father. While Hana was sleeping, her father shot her in the back of the head with a handgun, killing her. This femicide occurred in the Mehr housing complex in the "Dowlatabad" neighborhood of Kermanshah, and the teenager's father has not yet been arrested and is currently at large.

According to the source, a suitor had expressed interest in Hana—a matter she was unaware of—which was discussed among family relatives. Upon learning that the suitor had been mentioned, Hana's father severely beat her and threatened to kill her before leaving the house. Fearing her father because she knew he possessed a firearm, Hana went to sleep hoping his anger would subside, believing that if she slept, her father would have mercy on her and that the conflict would end with the beating. However, upon returning home, her father shot and killed her while she slept.

The informed source added that Hana's father acted with full intent and after threatening to kill his daughter. After killing Hana, he walked downstairs to his wife and said: "Go collect your daughter's corpse, I killed her."

The source further noted that her father initially refused to allow a funeral service to be held. When community members and relatives gathered to hold a memorial, he and several others disrupted the first night's service, threatening: "If anyone holds a ceremony for her, I will kill them." Nevertheless, citizens disregarded the threats the following day, burying Hana and holding a memorial service for her.

Regarding Hana's background and history of deprivation, the source stated that Hana was subjected to abuse by her father from an early age. He forced her to drop out of school in the fourth grade and prohibited her from continuing her education. She was denied access to a mobile phone, and her basic daily needs were provided by her mother. The source emphasized that Hana was innocent and had repeatedly been subjected to violence and abuse by her father.

Hana was the only daughter in the family and had a three-year-old brother. Her mother was also a victim of domestic violence by the father and had repeatedly stated that she stayed only for the sake of her children. The source noted that the father frequently beat Hana's mother in front of the children and others.

Hana Rakan's body was buried in the cemetery of "Nilavreh" village in Kermanshah.

Emphasizing the importance of media coverage on the case, the source concluded: "We want this to be covered by the media so that this innocent girl's blood is not trampled upon."

Islamic Republic Laws and Legal Immunity for Femicide and Filicide:

In the Islamic Penal Code of Iran, articles such as Article 301 (exempting fathers and paternal grandfathers from Qisas / capital punishment) and Article 612 (limiting legal action to a few years of imprisonment) form a legal framework that effectively grants judicial immunity to the perpetrator. By devaluing the lives of women within the family dynamic and removing genuine criminal accountability, these regulations convey a message of impunity, signaling prior to the crime that patriarchal violence against daughters carries minimal legal consequences. This legal protection functions along two main axes:

  1. How Laws Function as an Indirect Authorization for Murder: This framework operates by legalizing the absolute authority of the father, assigning minimal judicial penalties, and granting exclusive discretion to the legal guardian (Vali-ye Qahr-e). The absence of an independent judiciary that unconditionally criminalizes the deprivation of human life regardless of guardianship allows the offender to act simultaneously as the aggrieved party and the exempted party. Furthermore, gender disparities in the law highlight that the system's objective is to maintain patriarchal dominance.
  2. Legal and Social Analysis: From a legal and sociological perspective, these provisions institutionalize ownership over women's lives and bodies, represent structural gender discrimination, and constitute state-sanctioned violence by failing to protect victims of domestic abuse. These legal articles make the fundamental right to life contingent on the will of another person, standing in direct violation of international human rights standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.