Pictures from Iran

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I put in the "I heard" part for a reason, however, a quick google search gave me this :

A recent book on modern Turkey includes a commentary on sexual violence as part of an interview with the public prosecutor of a rural town:

"Ninety percent of the sex crimes are between men and women; ten percent may be men and men, but I've only heard of only one incident where a man has raped another man. The aim of our rapist is to marry, you see. There are times when people just want to satisfy their lust but more than sixty percent have the aim of marrying. Say a man took a woman, and the woman wanted it a bit, but she is too young, the man has to go to prison. That's the law: you go to prison for under-age sex.....If a man has kidnapped a woman, and then he marries her, and that is approved of by the parents, then it's OK. But if they divorce within five years then he is arrested for kidnapping. I think it's unfair. Of course, I could not say such things in court or I would be considered biased....There is, of course, wife beating, but it doesn't get reported because women tend to accept it in families of lower culture."24

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR440132004
has some nice stories too

and then:

In 2002, 546 rapists had their sentences cut by promising to marry their victims

and

Problems within the legal system are another obstacle for victims of sexual assault. Under the former Penal Code, a perpetrator could escape punishment by marrying the victim. This provision often placed high pressure on the victim to wed her rapist for the sake of family honor.

There's a lot more interesting stuff (imho) in the articles I linked. It seems like things might be improving, mostly due to pressure from the EU, but there's still a long way to go...