IRAN - Samira Sabzian Fard

IRAN - Samira Sabzian Fard executed in Karaj on December 20

December 20, 2023:

December 20, 2023

IRAN

Samira Sabzian Fard executed in Karaj on December 20
According to information obtained by IHR, Samira Sabzian Fard, 30, was hanged in Ghezelhesar Prison of Karaj on 20 December. She was arrested ten years ago and sentenced for the murder of her husband.
Samira was a child bride married at 15 and a victim of domestic violence. She had two young children, one a new-born baby, when she was arrested and had not seen her children in ten years. She saw them for the first and last time when they came to the prison to say goodbye.
At the time of writing, her execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Condemning Samira’s execution, IHR urges the international community for a serious reaction to the high rise in executions. Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Samira was a victim of years of gender apartheid, child marriage, and domestic violence, and today she fell victim to the incompetent and corrupt regime’s killing machine. A regime that has sustained itself solely through killing and instilling fear. Ali Khamenei and other leaders of the Islamic Republic must be held accountable for this crime.”
Iran is the biggest executioner of women. In 2022, at least 16 women were executed. According to IHR, Samira is the 18th woman to be executed in 2023. According to a different Ngo, women.ncr-iran.org, Samira Sabzian Fard is the 21st woman to be executed in 2023 by the clerical regime.
IHR counts at least 164 women were executed between 2010-October 2021, while women.ncr-iran.org counts 224 women executed in Iran since 2007.
According to Iran Human Rights’ report on Women and Death Penalty in Iran on the occasion of World Day Against the Death Penalty, 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.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6415/
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/12/20/samira-sabzian-fard/