Iran’s men and women to get equal blood money in car accidents
Iran’s Guardian Council has passed legislation urging insurance firms to pay equal blood money to male and female victims of car accidents or their heirs.
Nejatollah Ebrahimian, a jurist sitting at the top supervisory council, said Monday that the body had ratified the legislation on third party insurance coverage which states that equal compensation shall be paid to men and women who suffer an injury or to their heirs, if the victims lose their lives, in car accidents.
The legislation had already been passed by lawmakers in the Maljis (parliament) before being reviewed in the Guardian Council.
Meanwhile, spokesman for Iran’s Majlis Economic Committee Rahim Zare’ said that “our justification for equality of blood money for men and women was based on the fact that some women are the heads of their households;” therefore, if they die in traffic accidents, their families will face financial hardship.
According to Zareh, the government will now be notified of the approval, which will be implemented after 15 days of the notification date.
Blood money (Diyya) in Islamic Sharia law, is the financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the event of murder, bodily harm or property damage.
Under Sharia, blood money compensation rates have historically varied based on the gender and religion of the victim. Muslim women victims have typically been compensated at half the rate as Muslim male victims while non-Muslims compensation rates have varied between 1/16th to half of a Muslim, for an equivalent case.
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