“Many women executed for murder were victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse acting out of desperation,” said the NGO Iran Human Rights, in a press release Monday January 6.
Iranian authorities have executed at least 31 women in 2024, according to Iran Human Rights, a record number since this non-governmental organization began in 2008 to record the application of capital punishment in the Islamic republic.
“The execution of women in Iran reveals the brutal and inhumane nature of the death penalty, and demonstrates the extent to which discrimination and gender inequality are rooted in the judicial system” of Iran, declared the director of the IHR, Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam.
The IHR, headquartered in Norway, has recorded a total of 241 women executed between 2010 and 2024, including 114 for murder and 107 for drug charges. “Many women executed for murder were victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse acting out of desperation,” the IHR said.
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Iranian women executed in the name of retaliation
The Islamic law of retaliation, applied in Iran and known as qisas, states that a murder must be “paid for” by the loss of another life, unless the victim’s family forgives or accepts a compensation payment. This rule implies that “the Iranian judicial system rarely considers (the existence of domestic violence) as mitigating circumstances” according to Iran Human Rights.
The IHR cites the case of Zahra…
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