The clerical regime is continuing with its spree of executions. At least four women have been executed in Iran over a span of three days.
Eight prisoners, including three women, were executed in the Prison of Birjand, in South Khorasan Province (eastern Iran), at dawn on Wednesday, December 27, 2023.
Another four prisoners, including one woman, were hanged in the Central Prison of Urmia, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, on Friday morning, December 29, 2023.
Twenty-five women executed in 2023, so far
These executions bring the number of women executed in Iran to 25 in the year 2023.
The clerical regime has executed more than 200 prisoners over the past two months.
Since January 2023, it has executed some 850 prisoners, including 15 political prisoners, a 43 percent rise compared to the last year.
The Iranian regime open-handedly uses the death penalty as a form of punishment. In many cases, religious and ethnic minorities, political dissidents, and women are targets of the death penalty in a discriminatory manner.
The rising trend of executions, particularly public executions, is being used by the mullahs’ regime as a tool to instill fear and prevent any potential uprisings.
Record holder of executions of women
The Iranian regime is the world’s top record holder of executions of women.
No government in the world has executed so many women. The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in Iran on political grounds.
The NCRI Women’s Committee previously mentioned that many of the women executed by the mullahs’ regime are themselves victims of domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense.
An average of 15 women were executed every year under the former government in Iran.
However, this year, 25 women have been executed under Raisi government which is 10 more than the previous average.
The NCRI Women’s Committee calls on the United Nations, the European Union, and other relevant international organizations to take urgent action to save the lives of those on death row and stop the use of death penalty in Iran.
