Femicide in Eslamshahr: 18-year-old Fatemeh Soltani brutally murdered by her father

Hengaw: Sunday, April 20, 2025

An 18-year-old woman named Fatemeh Soltani was brutally murdered by her father in the city of Eslamshahr, located in Tehran province. The motive behind the crime has been vaguely cited as “family disputes.”

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Thursday, April 17, 2025, Fatemeh Soltani was stabbed to death by her father in a gruesome attack in one of the neighborhoods of Eslamshahr.

The Iranian news outlet Rokna reported the incident without disclosing the identity of the victim, stating only that a young woman was killed by her father using multiple knife blows. The suspect, now in custody, has reportedly cited “family problems” as his motive.

Sources familiar with the case told Hengaw that the father arrived at Fatemeh’s workplace—a nail salon on 20-Meter Street in Eslamshahr—around 9 a.m. on the day of the incident. He reportedly called her outside and immediately attacked her with a knife, fatally stabbing her multiple times.

According to state media, the 48-year-old man turned himself in to local police shortly after committing the murder and is currently under arrest.