Self-immolation of a 16-year-old teenager in Sardasht

HRANA News Agency – In recent days, a 16-year-old teenage girl in Sardasht County committed self-immolation. The teenager died from severe injuries and burns.

According to HRANA News Agency, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, in recent days, a 16-year-old teenage girl committed self-immolation in Sardasht city.

The identity of this teenager, “Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh, 16 years old, the child of Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh and Kajal Shokeh, from the village of Kani Rash in Sardasht County,” has been confirmed by HRANA.

An informed source told HRANA in this regard: “This teenager committed suicide in the village of Kani Resh in Sardasht province and died as a result of severe injuries and burns.”

As of the time of writing this report, there is no exact information available about the reasons for this teenager's self-immolation.

Self-immolation is one of the most violent and painful methods of suicide. This method of suicide is mainly common in the west and northwest of Iran. According to a report by the Iranian Forensic Medicine Organization in 1380, of those who died by suicide, self-immolation was the most important method of suicide (69.29%) among women.

The Forensic Medicine Organization has stated that the share of Iranian teenagers in annual suicides is more than 7%.