Another woman was executed in Iran at dawn on Sunday, November 24, 2024. Fariba Maleki Shiravand, 36 years old, was hanged in the Central Prison of Khorramabad, the capital of the western province of Lorestan.
Fariba Maleki Shiravand was arrested and jailed four years ago on charges of deliberate murder. The Iranian Judiciary sentenced her to death.
Fariba Maleki is the 17th woman executed since the regime’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian took office on July 28. Her execution on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women brings the number of women executed this year to 28.
The state news outlets have not yet announced this execution.
28 women executed in 2024
The Iranian regime is the world’s top record holder of executions of women.
According to the data recorded by the NCRI Women’s Committee, at least 257 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.
The number of women executed in Iran has sharply increased over the past year, with 33 executions of women recorded between October 2023 and October 2024. This marks a troubling rise from previous years, up from 19 women executed in 2022–2023 and 21 in 2021–2022.
The current year’s figure is particularly alarming, surpassing the average rate of 21 executions under Ebrahim Raisi by 12 and more than double the annual average of 15 under former president Hassan Rouhani.
Given the clandestine nature of executions and the lack of public announcement by the judiciary, it is evident that the actual number is higher than reported.
This surge underscores the Iranian regime’s growing use of capital punishment, including against women—an escalation in human rights abuses now seen under the administration of Masoud Pezeshkian.
The total number of executions in Iran in 2024 has surpassed 800, so far, with more than 520 prisoners including 17 women executed since Pezeshkian took office.
It further proves that regardless of who holds the presidency, the rights of the Iranian people, especially women, continue to be trampled.
