In the early hours of Saturday, October 25, 2025, the death sentence of Mahboubeh Jalali, a 38-year-old woman from Rudsar, was carried out in Lakan Prison in the northern Iranian city of Rasht.
Mahboubeh Jalali had been arrested around four years ago on drug-related charges and had since been held on death row awaiting execution.
With the execution of Mahboubeh Jalali, the number of women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2025 has reached 45, marking an unprecedented record in the execution of women in Iran. In the entire 2024, 34 women were executed across the country.
Iran, the world record holder in executing women
According to data recorded by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, at least 308 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.
In the Iranian calendar Year 1403, at least 38 women were executed in Iran, marking a disturbing 90% increase compared to the previous year.
Since Masoud Pezeshkian took office, the clerical regime has executed more than 2,000 prisoners. The regime executed 280 prisoners in the one-month period from September 23 to October 23.
Silence and inaction in the face of the murderers of the Iranian people fuel terrorism, suppression, and warmongering. The regime of execution and terror must be shunned by the international community, and its dossier of human rights violations must be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
