At dawn on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, a woman was hanged in the Prison of Zanjan. Gohar Taheri Aghdam was 52 years old and came from Zanjan.
Gohar Taheri Aghdam had been imprisoned six years ago and convicted of murder.
The execution of Gohar Taheri Aghdam brings the total number of women executed in Iran in 2025 to 33.
Iran: The World’s Leading Executioner of Women
Iran holds the grim record for the highest number of women executed globally. According to data compiled by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), at least 296 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.
Many of the women executed by the Iranian regime are themselves victims of domestic violence and discriminatory family laws. A significant number have acted in self-defense.
The number of women executed in Iran saw a sharp rise in 2024. At least 34 women were hanged last year, with 23 of these executions occurring after Masoud Pezeshkian took office.
In the Iranian calendar Year 1403, at least 38 women were executed in Iran, marking a disturbing 90% increase compared to the previous year.
During one year since Pezeshkian took office in late July 2024, the number of execution victims in Iran has reached 1,700. While the total number of executions in the entire 2024 was just over 1,000.
These figures reinforce the reality that, regardless of who holds the presidency, the Iranian regime continues to trample on the rights of its people, especially women.
