IRAN - Execution of a woman (139)

IRAN - Soheila Abedi executed in Sanandaj on July 27

July 27, 2022:

Soheila Abedi (Abed) executed in Sanandaj on July 27. 139th woman since 2013. Child bride Soheila Abedi was executed for murder in Sanandaj Central Prison today.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on July 27. Her identity has been established as Soheila Abedi, 33. She had been arrested eight years ago and sentenced to death for killing her husband. Born in 1989, Soheila Abed had been forced into marriage at age 15. She was arrested on January 26, 2015, for killing her husband after being violently battered at home. She had been sentenced by Branch One of the Sanandaj Criminal Court.
The court cited the reason for the murder as “family disputes.” According to informed sources, Soheila was a child bride married at 15 and had committed the murder ten years later.
Soheila's case had previously been sent for implementation in October 2021 after her husband's family refused to forgo retribution. At the time of writing, her execution has not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/5376/
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2022/07/27/death-penalties-two-women-in-iran/