Three Baloch prisoners, including a woman, Fariba Mohammad Zehi, were hanged this morning at dawn on Wednesday, May 5, 2024, in the Central Prison of Kerman.
Fariba Mohammad Zehi came from Zahedan, the capital of the deprived Sistan and Baluchistan province, in southeastern Iran. She was arrested three years ago on drug-related charges and sentenced to death.
Fariba Mohammad Zehi is the seventh woman executed since January 2024.
Last month in April, the clerical regime executed three women.
According to the information compiled by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, with the execution of Fariba Mohammad Zehi, the number of women executed in Iran since 2007 has reached 236.
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, 26 women were executed under Raisi government in 2023, which is 11 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.
