Three Baluch women were among seven prisoners executed at dawn on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Birjand Central Prison, located in South Khorasan Province.
The identities of these three Baluch women, who were arrested and executed on drug-related charges, have not yet been confirmed. As of the release of this news, these executions have not been reported by the state-run media in Iran.
On Saturday, July 20, another woman with the surname “Mahmoudinia” was executed at Adelabad Central Prison in Shiraz along with three other prisoners. She, a victim of forced marriage, was sentenced to death for the murder of a man whom she had been forcibly married to.
With the execution of the three Baluch women in Birjand Central Prison, the number of women executed in 2024 has reached 14. According to statistics compiled by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance since 2007, at least 243 women have been executed in Iran.
By executing four women within four days, the regime’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has surpassed Raisi, who executed three women within three days in May.
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.