Women’s Executions in Iran Surge Over 80% from Last Year
On Wednesday morning, December 17, 2025, the death sentence of female prisoner Razieh Abbasi was carried out at Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.
According to Hamshahri newspaper, Razieh Abbasi, 40, had been sentenced to death for allegedly murdering her husband. She had previously been held in the notorious Qarchak Prison in Varamin and was recently transferred to Qezel Hesar for execution.
With the execution of Razieh Abbasi, the number of women executed in Iran in 2025 has reached 61, marking at least an 80% increase compared to 2024.
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 324 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.
Since Masoud Pezeshkian took office, the clerical regime has executed over 2,700 prisoners. The number of executions registered in 2025, so far, has exceeded the unprecedented number of 2,000.
The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran once again calls on the United Nations and relevant agencies, the European Union and its member states, as well as all human rights defenders, to take immediate action to save the lives of death-row prisoners and to halt the rampant executions in Iran.