Mental violence main reason for high female suicide rate in Iran

Committee of Human Rights Journalists

"Unsuitable marriages where the age difference is very high, the ruling patriarchal culture, not having the right to choose a husband, and poverty and unemployment among men are all issues that have increased suicide among women and in this situation suicide is seen as the only way to freedom from human anguish", sociologist Nematollah Fazeli said on female suicides.
He said that polygamy is another reason behind the suicide of women stressing that the female society, especially in rural areas, are very susceptible to suicide