In the early hours of Wednesday morning, January 7, 2026, the death sentence of Soheila Azizi was carried out in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.
Soheila Azizi had previously been arrested on charges related to drug-related offenses and, following judicial proceedings in the Revolutionary Court, was sentenced to death.
No official statement or public notification has been issued by the authorities of Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad or by relevant judicial and executive bodies regarding the execution.
Under the mullahs’ rule in Iran, the operatives of the Revolutionary Guards’ network, who traffic vast quantities of narcotics and addict the youth of Iran and the Middle East, openly supply prisoners in the regime’s jails with drugs to break their resistance. Those responsible not only face no punishment but enjoy lives of extreme luxury, while vulnerable individuals such as Soheila Azizi, driven by extreme poverty and unemployment, are sentenced to death and executed.
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 329 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.
Since Masoud Pezeshkian took office, the clerical regime has executed 2,983 prisoners, including 89 women. In 2025 alone, 2,201 executions were recorded in Iran—more than double the number carried out in 2024 (1,006).
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.
