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IRAN - A woman, Roghieh Abedini, executed in Hamedan on August 12
August 12, 2023: (August 12, 2023) - A woman, Roghieh (Roqieh, Ruqiyeh) Abedini, executed in Hamedan on August 12.
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman, identified as Roghieh Abedini, who was around 40, and sentenced for murder, was executed in Hamedan Central Prison on 10 August. A source told Iran Human Rights: “Roghieh Abedini was from Tabriz and had been sentenced to death for the murder of her husband in Hamedan. She was arrested three year ago.”
At the time of writing, her execution has not been reported by domestic media in Iran.
Based on the information and data compiled by the NCRI Women’s Committee, the execution of Roqieh Abedini brings the number of women executed in Iran since 2007 to 217.
The Iranian regime is the world’s top record holder of the executions of women. The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran has compiled these women’s names in a list called “List of Women Executed in Iran since 2007”.
The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in Iran on political grounds.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6145/
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/08/12/roqieh-abedini-hanged-hamedan/
The death sentence of a woman carried out in Hamadan Central Prison (hengaw.net) (Source: IHR)
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