Death of Sahar Khodayari
Videos
Sahar Khodayari, also known as the Blue Girl, was an Iranian football fan who immolated herself in Tehran to protest the national laws banning women from attending sports events and entering stadiums
Sahar Khodayari, Blue girl 2
Self-immolation
Videos
Self-immolation is the act of setting oneself on fire. It is mostly done for political or religious reasons, often as a form of protest or in acts of martyrdom, and known for its disturbing and violen
Death of Sahar Khodayari
…2019, she was told by the Islamic Revolutionary Court that she might face a six-month prison sentence. After leaving court, she died by suicide through self-immolation in front of the building, succumbing to her injuries a week later. Khodayari's politicized suicide generated much debate in Iran about the government's…
In 1963, Thích Quảng Đức protested by self-immolation during South Vietnam's Buddhist crisis.
The self-immolation (jauhar) of the Rajput women, during the Siege of Chittorgarh in 1568
A Hindu widow burning herself with the corpse of her husband (sati), 1657
"Samosozhigateli (those who burn themselves)" by Grigoriy Myasoyedov, depicting Old Believers