Iran: mother of four commits suicide in city of Ravansar

                        
                                     Suicide on the rise in Iran
                                         
On Monday, June 23rd, a middle-aged woman by the name of Farahnaz Sattaie, committed suicide and ended her life. She had four children and was a resident of ‘Rutvand’ near the city of Ravansar, and she tragically ended her life by hanging herself.
According to statistics published by Kordpa news agency, in the spring of this year alone, 20 Kurdish women and girls in Iran’s Kuridstan have committed suicide for various reasons. Social experts have cited “poverty, unemployment, social problems and family disputes” as amongst the main reasons behind suicides in Iran, especially in the Kurdish regions. (Kordpa - June 25, 2014)