All are equal before the law...

Testimony of One Man = Testimony of Two Women

The Penal Code of the Islamic Republic states that compensation for the murder of a Muslim woman is half that for the murder of a Muslim man. The testimony of women is also taken to be less valuable than that of men. Murder, for example, is proved by the testimonies of "two righteous males, or one righteous male and two righteous females."

Discrimination on religious grounds has been demonstrated by trials of members of the Bahaie faith. Some examples of such trials are as follows:

Case 1: A Muslim man who had killed a Bahaie with a "premeditated blow" was not prosecuted by the courts of the Islamic Republic, nor could any retribution be claimed by the victim's family, because they were Bahaies.

Case 2: A Muslim who had killed a Bahaie in a traffic accident was judged guilty of manslaughter, but under no obligation to the victim's family because of their faith.