IRAN - An unidentified woman was hanged on August 25, 2019 in the Central Prison of Mashhad (Vakilabad)

27 August 2019 :

An unidentified woman was hanged at dawn on Sunday, August 25, 2019 in the Central Prison of Mashhad, the state-run ROKNA news agency reported today. The victim who has not been identified by the state media had been found guilty of murder. This is the 94th woman executed in Iran during Hassan Rouhani’s term in office since 2013. The execution of women is higher in Iran than in any other place in the world. Last month Iran unprecedentedly executed four women in just eight days. Maliheh Salehian was hanged on July 16. Zahra Safari Moghaddam was hanged on July 17, 2019. Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah were hanged on July 23, 2019.

 

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