16. About Iran’s Treatment of Women
And now for some really dark stuff. Though the vast majority of the country’s people are kind, caring individuals, awful things do happen in Iran (duh). However, in Iran when a woman is sexually assaulted, the onus of the burden is placed on her to prove that she actually was raped. If a married woman cannot adequately prove a claim of rape, she may be charged with adultery (which is a capital crime).
