Execution of 2 Women in Ilam Central Prison: The Clerical Regime’s Killing Machine Continues Unabated
At dawn on Monday, December 2, 2024, three prisoners, including two women, were hanged in Ilam Central Prison.
One of the women, identified as Farideh Jafarzadeh, was sentenced to death on charges of intentional murder. The identity of the second woman remained unknown at the time of this report.
As of this writing, the execution of these three individuals has not been reported by state-affiliated media.
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the 45th week of the “Tuesdays Against Executions” campaign was marked by hunger strikes in 25 prisons across Iran. Prisoners staged this protest against the regime’s mass executions, particularly the recent death sentences issued for six political prisoners affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and a protester detained during the 2022 uprising.
Since the beginning of 2024, the clerical regime has executed over 850 prisoners. According to Amnesty International, 74% of all executions worldwide in 2023 were carried out by the Iranian regime.
30 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 259 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 850, so far, with more than 550 prisoners including 19 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.
