Poverty leads Iranian man to commit suicide on father’s grave

 A young Iranian Arab man from the town of Mahshahr, south-western Iran, on Sunday committed suicide out of poverty on his father's grave.

A photo of the young man who had died after he slit his artery on his father's grave on Sunday evening has been published on Iranian weblogs, with an explanation that poverty and destitution led to him taking his life.

Numerous cases of self-immolation in Iran in recent months have drawn special attention, including the cases of Omid Rashedi, 36, from the south-western city of Ahwaz; Mansour Keyhani, a retired teacher from Sanghar, western Iran; Ali Akbari, 45, a laborer from Tehran; Hamid Farokhi, 43, a street vendor from Tabriz, north-west Iran; and Youness Asakareh, 31, a laborer from Khorramshahr, south-western Iran. In all these cases, the self-immolations had an element of protest against the ruling mullahs' regime.

Following several recent cases of self-immolation outside government offices in Iran, a man in his forties from the town of Malekan, north-west Iran, set himself on fire outside the local offices of the Iranian regime's judiciary last week.

The man, identified as Sirus Neek-khu, 45, set himself ablaze on Monday, September 28, in protest to the failure of the authorities to see to his grievances. He had asked the authorities to launch a proper investigation into the kidnapping of his 14-year-old daughter. But the regime's judiciary officials in Malekan, situated in East Azerbaijan Province, had ignored his requests.