Press Release- Kincaid’s statement on Gender Apartheid in Iran

For Immediate Release

Contact: Kincaid for Congress

Date: March 8, 2026

Press Release · International Women's Day

On International Women's Day, Kincaid Condemns Gender Apartheid in Iran

On International Women's Day, Kincaid stands in solidarity with the women and girls of Iran, who continue to live under one of the most systematic and brutal regimes of sex based oppression in the world today.

A System Built on Control

The Iranian government enforces mandatory hijab laws through intimidation, surveillance, arrests, fines, and imprisonment. New legislation has intensified these penalties, with women facing severe punishment simply for refusing to comply with state-imposed dress codes. Under Iran's so called "Noor Plan," authorities have expanded their use of artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology, and smart camera networks to identify and track women in vehicles and public spaces leading to mass vehicle confiscations, heavy fines, and relentless monitoring of ordinary citizens going about their daily lives.

This is not only a profound violation of personal freedom. It is a warning to the world. In the hands of authoritarian regimes, artificial intelligence does not serve the public it serves the state. It tracks people, punishes dissent, and crushes the hope for freedom before it can take shape. The people of Iran deserve liberty, not a future defined by digital tyranny.

A Legal System Designed to Subjugate Women

Women in Iran also live under deeply unequal laws that deny them basic independence and human dignity. In many circumstances, a woman must obtain permission from a male guardian to travel, apply for a passport, or make major decisions about employment or education. The legal age of marriage is 13 for girls and under existing law, girls can be married as young as nine lunar years of age, approximately eight years and nine months, with the consent of a father and judicial approval.

Men in Iran hold a unilateral right to divorce. Women, by contrast, face a long and arduous legal process to demonstrate extreme hardship before a divorce will be granted. In court, a woman's testimony is legally weighted at half the value of a man's. Inheritance laws award women substantially less than their male relatives as a matter of statute, not circumstance.

These are not cultural preferences. They are laws enforced by a government that is willing to use violence to maintain them.

The Courage That Inspires the World

The death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 at the hands of Iran's morality police sparked nationwide protests and exposed to the global community the full cruelty of the regime's system of control over women. Those protests were met with deadly force, mass arrests, and executions. Yet the courage of Iranian women has not been extinguished. It continues to inspire people around the world who believe in the fundamental dignity of every human being.

Women should not be forced into silence, submission, or fear. They should not be surveilled by the state, controlled by male guardians, or denied equality before the law simply because of their sex. On this International Women's Day, we must speak with clarity and without hesitation: the oppression of women in Iran is a human rights crisis, and the world must not look away.

From the river to the sea, all women shall be free.

Representative DelBene's Record on Iran and Women's Rights

Representative Suzan DelBene voted in favor of the House Iran war powers resolution, which sought to stop U.S. airstrikes on Iran. She may publicly express opposition to the Iranian regime, but her votes tell a different story she has been unwilling to take meaningful action against it.

This is consistent with a broader pattern. From voting to halt military action against one of the world's most oppressive regimes for women, to voting against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act here at home, Representative DelBene has a record of failing to stand up for the rights of women when it matters most.

It is also worth being precise about what these airstrikes represent. Vietnam was a war. Iraq was a war. Afghanistan was a war. When President Barack Obama ordered U.S. airstrikes in Libya in 2011 and 2016, that was not a war. Targeted airstrikes on Iran are not a war. Treating every use of military force as a declaration of war is a false equivalence and using that framing to avoid accountability for the Iranian regime's treatment of women is not leadership. It is evasion.

Kincaid is a moderate, common sense Democrat and candidate for Congress in Washington's 1st Congressional District. The campaign is focused on practical solutions for public safety, healthcare, economic fairness, and the protection of human rights at home and abroad.

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