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IRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Qom on September 5
September 5, 2023: September 5, 2023 - Unidentified woman executed in Qom on September 5.
According to information obtained by IHR, a woman was executed in Qom Central Prison on 5 September. Her identity has not been established at the time of writing. She was from Varamin and had been sentenced for murder.
At the time of writing, her execution has not been reported by domestic media inside Iran.
The unidentified woman is the 13th woman execution recorded in 2023. Yesterday, IHR reported that of the 200 women executions recorded since 2010, 94 were executed for drug-related charges, 90 for murder, four for “participating in immoral sexual acts and misusing drugs,” two for espionage and one for moharebeh (enmity against god). The charges against nine of the women are unknown.
Only 55 (27.5%) of the 200 executions were announced by official sources. The remainder were reported by human rights organisations and activists, and verified by IHR. Transparency has dramatically decreased since 2020 with only 2 out of 45 executions officially reported between 2021 and September 2023.
39 of the women were accused of killing their husbands, temporary marriage husbands (sigheh) or lovers. 8 women were child brides, three juvenile offenders and one an aroose khoon bas, a bride offered by one tribe to the opposing tribe to stop the bloodshed.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6190/
https://en.iranhrs.org/zahedan-qom-and-shiraz-prisons-four-male-and-one-female-prisoners-executed/ (Source: IHR)
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