A female prisoner was executed in Yasuj Prison in the early hours of Sunday, August 2, 2026. The prisoner was identified as Mahtab Shir-Mohammadi, a 32-year-old woman from Tabriz and the mother of one daughter.
She had been arrested three years ago on a murder charge and was subsequently sentenced to death.
With the execution of Mahtab Shir-Mohammadi at the Prison of Yasuj, the number of women executed in the year 2026, reaches 19.
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 347 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 nearly 3,970 prisoners, including 107 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.
