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IRAN - 2 women executed in Isfahan on July 9
July 9, 2023: (July 09, 2023) - 2 women executed in Isfahan on July 9
Monireh Sayadat and Farzieh Shokrollahi.
According to information obtained by IHR, two women were executed in Isfahan Central Prison on 9 July. Their identities have been established as 32-year-old Farzieh Shokrollahi and Monireh Sayadat who were both sentenced for murder.
A source told IHR: “Monireh Sayadat was a tailor prior to arrest and had been behind bars for three years for the murder of her husband. She’s turned herself into the police after five months. Monireh was in love with her cousin but both their families were against their marriage. They forced Monireh to marry her husband and the murder had taken place during a verbal argument. Farzieh Shokrollahi had been in prison for murder for around five years.”
At the time of writing, the two women’s executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Iran is the biggest executioner of women. In 2022, at least 16 women were executed. Monireh and Farzieh are the eighth and ninth women to be executed in 2023. In 66% of the known murder cases, the women were convicted of killing their husband or partner. Within the marriage, a woman does not have the right to divorce, even in cases of domestic violence and abuse, which are hidden in cultural codes and language. With today's executions, at least 215 women have been hanged in Iran since 2007.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6048/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/07/the-death-sentence-of-two-women-prisoners-carried-out-in-isfahan-prison (Source: IHR)
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