Editing Gang rape (section)

===Iran===
[[File:Public execution of Khomeyni Shahr gang rape case - 12 October 2011 (13900720091632).jpg|thumb|Public execution of Khomeyni Shahr gang rape case convicts (Iran)]]
Many incidents of gang rapes have been reported in [[Iran]]. In several cases, the police officials have blamed the victim for not wearing ''[[hijab]]'', and in one case arresting the victim and two activists, who were trying to bring attention to the gang rape.<ref>[http://www.amnesty.ie/news/iranian-women-call-action-gang-rapes Iranian Women call for action on gang-rapes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002195516/http://www.amnesty.ie/news/iranian-women-call-action-gang-rapes |date=October 2, 2013 }} Amnesty International (1 August 2011)</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13777308 Gang rapes in Iran cause fear and religious controversy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207231323/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13777308 |date=2018-12-07 }} BBC News (15 June 2011)</ref>

While official statistics on reported and pending gang rapes in [[Iran]] are not published by the Iranian government, public hangings for gang rapes are routinely reported in Iranian newspapers.<ref>[http://www.payvand.com/news/11/oct/1129.html Four convicted rapists hanged] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016164231/http://www.payvand.com/news/11/oct/1129.html |date=2013-10-16 }} Parvand Iran News (12 October 2011)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insideofiran.org/en/section-blog/25-important-news/2206-four-sentenced-to-death-for-gang-rape.html |title=Four sentenced to death for gang rape |publisher=Insideofiran.org |date=2011-08-12 |access-date=2013-11-05 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016071825/http://www.insideofiran.org/en/section-blog/25-important-news/2206-four-sentenced-to-death-for-gang-rape.html |archive-date=2013-10-16 }}</ref><ref>[http://iranian.com/posts/view/post/19101 Six men hanged for gang rape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017084052/http://iranian.com/posts/view/post/19101 |date=2013-10-17 }} August 2013</ref>