Parvin Chardoli, the mother of several children, was hanged in the early hours of Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj.
Parvin Chardoli had been arrested on December 15, 2019, for the alleged murder of her stepson.
According to an informed source, the court knew that Parvin had not committed the murder, but since she refused to name the perpetrator, she was sentenced to death.
With the hanging of Parvin Chardoli at Ghezel Hesar Prison, the number of women executed in the 2026 calendar year has risen to seventeen.
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 345 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 more than 3,900 prisoners, including 105 women.
According to the NCRI sources, in 2025 alone, more than 2,201 executions were recorded in Iran, more than double the number carried out in 2024 (1,006).
Amnesty International confirmed in its annual report that Iran’s ruling dictatorship carried out at least 2,159 executions in 2025, the highest documented annual execution rate worldwide since 1981.
The NCRI Women’s Committee calls on the United Nations and relevant agencies, the European Union and its member states, as well as all human rights defenders, to take effective measures to halt the rampant executions in Iran.
