A 35-year-old woman named Effat Hamedi, the mother of a 9-year-old boy, was hanged at dawn on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, alongside three men in Sari Central Prison.
Effat Hamedi was arrested four years ago on charges of murdering her husband and subsequently sentenced to death. This news was reported by independent media outlets on December 22, but it has not yet been announced by state-run media or official authorities.
Many women executed by the mullahs’ regime are themselves victims of domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense.
Effat Hamedi is the sixth woman executed in Iran during December, doubling the number of female executions compared to November 2024. Including Effat Hamedi, at least 34 women have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2024.
34 women executed in 2024
The Iranian regime is the world’s top record holder of executions of women.
According to the data recorded by the NCRI Women’s Committee, at least 263 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.
The number of women executed in Iran has sharply increased over the past year, with 33 executions of women recorded between October 2023 and October 2024. This marks a troubling rise from previous years, up from 19 women executed in 2022–2023 and 21 in 2021–2022.
The current year’s figure is particularly alarming, surpassing the average rate of 21 executions under Ebrahim Raisi by 12 and more than double the annual average of 15 under former president Hassan Rouhani.
Given the clandestine nature of executions and the lack of public announcement by the judiciary, it is evident that the actual number is higher than reported.
This surge underscores the Iranian regime’s growing use of capital punishment, including against women—an escalation in human rights abuses now seen under the administration of Masoud Pezeshkian.
The total number of executions in Iran in 2024 is at least 950, so far, with more than 650 prisoners including 23 women executed since Pezeshkian took office.
It further proves that regardless of who holds the presidency, the rights of the Iranian people, especially women, continue to be trampled.
