JINA MAHSA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams and her death.
In memory of Jina 'Mahsa' Amini, the cornerstone of the 'Zan. Zendagi. Azadi revolution.
16 February 2023 | By Gino d'Artali
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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.

 Updates December 29 - 23, 2023



NCRI - Womens committee - 29 Dec 2023 - in Women's News
<<Raisi sets new record: Four women executed in Iran over three days
The clerical regime is continuing with its spree of executions. At least four women have been executed in Iran over a span of three days. Eight prisoners, including three women, were executed in the Prison of Birjand, in South Khorasan Province (eastern Iran), at dawn on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Another four prisoners, including one woman, were hanged in the Central Prison of Urmia, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, on Friday morning, December 29, 2023.
Twenty-five women executed in 2023, so far
These executions bring the number of women executed in Iran to 25 in the year 2023.
The clerical regime has executed more than 200 prisoners over the past two months. Since January 2023, it has executed some 850 prisoners, including 15 political prisoners, a 43 percent rise compared to the last year. The Iranian regime open-handedly uses the death penalty as a form of punishment. In many cases, religious and ethnic minorities, political dissidents, and women are targets of the death penalty in a discriminatory manner. The rising trend of executions, particularly public executions, is being used by the mullahs' regime as a tool to instill fear and prevent any potential uprisings.
Record holder of executions of women
The Iranian regime is the world's top record holder of executions of women.
No government in the world has executed so many women. The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in Iran on political grounds. The NCRI Women's Committee previously mentioned that many of the women executed by the mullahs’ regime are themselves victims of domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense. An average of 15 women were executed every year under the former government in Iran. However, this year, 25 women have been executed under Raisi government which is 10 more than the previous average. The NCRI Women's Committee calls on the United Nations, the European Union, and other relevant international organizations to take urgent action to save the lives of those on death row and stop the use of death penalty in Iran.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/12/29/four-women-executed-in-iran/



Samira Sabzian
Dec. 26, 2023: Preface by Gino d'Artali - I know I'm a bit late with writing this but... the yes heinous excecution of miss Sabzian really threw me back in time when my dear mother (1931-1996) was a victim of extreme physical and sexual (rape) violence and I, from baby onwards 'till I was 15 years young, a witness, nursing my dear mother, being her shoulder to cry out and more and was and am now really heartbroken when I read of this heinous crime of the mullahs' regime who, cold as ice and without heart, hanged the innocent miss Sabzian. I needed time to pray to Allah to welcome her in His gardens and bless her soul. As the Iranian tradition says there are 40 days of mourning but I know I'll mourn longer and not to heal my heart but to pray some more and most likely always including miss Sabzian and other innocent victims of such heinous crimes. Allah has her and their souls and may long live a long and free Iran, free also from shi'ite mullahs without a heart nor believe in the Quran and does the prophet Mohammad's way not say: 'if one kills another human being out of self-defense one is forgiven'.?!

NCRI - Womens committee - 20 Dec 2023 - in Statements
<<Heinous execution of Samira Sabzian, a victim of child marriage under the clerical regime, after almost a decade of imprisonment
International call to condemn this heinous crime and visit women's prisons
The NCRI Women's Committee strongly condemns the execution of Samira Sabzian, a victim of child marriage under the mullahs' misogynistic rule and the mother of two children aged 11 and 15. Samira Sabzian was arrested in 2014 at the age of 19. She was sentenced to death for murdering her husband and had been imprisoned for more than nine years. The execution of a female prisoner after about a decade of imprisonment on death row is a heinous crime and a clear violation of recognized principles of human rights and international humanitarian standards. In fear of the uprising, especially the uprising of Iranian women, the mullahs' misogynist regime has stepped up executions in Iran. The number of executions has reached 92 people in less than a month since November 22, 2023. The NCRI Women's Committee urges the United Nations and its relevant bodies, the special rapporteur on violence against women, and the authorities defending human rights and women's rights to condemn this heinous crime in a decisive and timely manner. The committee calls for an immediate visit to Iran by the International Fact-finding Mission to inspect women's prisons, especially the Qarchak prison in Varamin, and talk to women prisoners.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran - Women's Committee
December 20, 2023>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/12/20/samira-sabzian/

"Overlapping.

Again my dear mother died today
when I read in an outlet
the story of Samira Sabzian,
mother of two, 11 and 15 years young

Hanged by the mullahs' regime
because they are afraid of women.

But Samira was not guilty of any crime,
she just killed her husband,
a cowardly father who only acted as a father
when it suited him,
she killed him because
he extremely abused her,
again and again,
overlapping day after day after day after ...
'till she stroke out,
enough was enough,
and let him pay the price with his life.

Now the mullahs' regime made her pay the price too
by hanging her, just taking her life,
no questions asked,
no anwers wanted.

Again my mother died today,
not because she killed any of the cowards in her life
for the same reason Samira had,
but Samira's story
overlaps 15 years of my mother's life and mine together
which I'm putting on paper now,
a duet-autobiography titled "Rats and furious flowers",
writing it also for all the mothers
who suffered out of reasons they were not guilty of
and are paying the highest price:
their life."

Gino d'Artali - January 1, 2024

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - Dec 23 2023
<<Warning of <Retaliatory> Execution for Dual-Citizen Prisoner Ahmadreza Jalali Raises Concerns
In the wake of the Swedish Court of Appeal affirming the life sentence of Hamid Nouri, the former assistant prosecutor of Gohardasht Karaj Prison, for his role in the killing of political prisoners in 1988, apprehensions about the potential retaliatory execution of Ahmadreza Jalali, a dual Iranian-Swedish citizen held in Iran, have escalated. According to Hengaw, Ahmadreza Jalali, a 52-year-old researcher arrested by the Intelligence department during a scientific trip to Iran seven years ago, faces an imminent risk of execution and is currently incarcerated in Tehran's Evin prison.
On Friday, December 22, 2023, Amnesty International issued a warning regarding the impending and retaliatory execution of Ahmadreza Jalali, stating, <The international community, including Sweden, should urge Iranian authorities to halt any plans for Ahmadreza Jalali's execution and secure his release.> Amnesty International's warning follows the Swedish court's December 19 decision, sentencing Hamid Nouri to life imprisonment, equivalent to 25 years, and ordering compensation for the families of deceased political prisoners from the 1980s in Iran. In 2016, Ahmadreza Jalali, a university professor, was sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court on charges including <espionage and selling information to Israel> and <corruption on earth> after months of detention in Iranian security centers. Serious concerns about the retaliatory execution stem from public threats and retaliation by Iranian government authorities and affiliated media. Kazem Gharibabadi, the secretary of Iran's judicial system human rights headquarters, warned after Hamid Nouri's judicial sentence confirmation: <This action of Sweden will not be without cost for him.>
Previously, Iranian government media, echoing security institutions' accusations of espionage, framed Ahmadreza Jalali as a <spy,> suggesting that his execution would be a reaction to the Swedish judicial outcome in Hamid Nouri's case. The Islamic Republic of Iran has faced repeated accusations from human rights organizations of holding citizens of foreign countries hostage, particularly those with dual citizenship, for political leverage.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/12/warning-of-retaliatory-execution-for-dual-citizen-prisoner-ahmadreza-jalali-raises-concerns

Updates November 30 - 15, 2023

Nov. 30, 2023 - Opinion by Gino d'Artali: In the past weeks I've been reading a by the day growing number of articles published by the Hengaw Organisation for Human Right online outlet reporting about the human rights violations in Kurdistan (IRAN) for which I applaud them. But... many of the reports (I'd say about 80 %) are about convicted Kurds to be executed or have been executed already and based on either accusations of murder of family members and/or friends or others and for reasons that are beyond Kurdish cultural i.e. national interests. But as said, and I'm in a kind of dead end ally in this, when Kurdish people kill each other off over stupid and often greedy quarrels I, as a Sunni muslim, follow the path of Mohammad where the Quran clearly says: One should not kill a brother or sister unless out of self-defence.
So I decided to kind of 'restrain' myself and will only report about inhuman death sentences and in this breaching international laws when using the verdict of a death sentence out of, and in these cases, in the interest of the mullahs' regime read the shia-led regime. Still and of course I leave it up to you to decide for yourself and read freely the Hengaw Organisation for Human Right online outlet at
https://hengaw.net/en/news
available in the English; German; Kurdish and 3 other and Arabic languages.
and also please do read what our jailed sister and rewarded with the Nobel Price for Peace 2023 Narges Mohammadi says and denounces Iran's 'Execution Machine':
http://www.cryfreedom.net/ZAA-JMA-2023-nov-Narges-Mohammadi.htm 

NCRI - Women committee - in Women's news - Nov 30, 2023
<<Three prisoners, including a woman, are executed in Lakan Prison of Rasht
Another woman was hanged and executed in the Lakan Prison of Rasht on Saturday, November 25, 2023.
The woman had been sentenced to death on the charge of murder. She was one of three prisoners hanged on that day in Lakan Prison of Rasht. The other two were political prisoner Ali Saber Motlagh, 62, a supporter of the opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and Mohsen Sedaghat, an ordinary prisoner also charged with murder. The clerical regime has stepped up executions in Iran. It has executed nearly 200 prisoners in the past 1.5 months. The woman executed on Saturday, November 25, is the 223rd woman to be executed by the clerical regime since 2007. She is the 20th woman executed since January 2023.
Ebrahim Raisi has so far executed six more women every year
The number of executions in Iran has drastically increased since more than two years ago, when Ebrahim Raisi took office as the mullahs' president in August 2021. Based on the data compiled by the NCRI Women's Committee, 118 women were executed in Iran from August 2013 to August 2021, when Hassan Rouhani was in office. That makes an average of 15 women executed per year. However, under Ebrahim Raisi, 42 women were executed from August 2021 to August 2023. That makes an average of 21 women per year, which is six more women executed every year compared to the regime's previous president.
The world’s record holder of the executions of women
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.> No government in the world has executed so many women. The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in Iran on political grounds. The NCRI Women's Committee has previously mentioned that many women executed by the mullahs' regime are victims of domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/11/30/lakan-prison-of-rasht/ 

Iranwire - Nov 29 2023
<<Another Juvenile Offender Executed in Iran
Amid a spike of executions in Iran, the Islamic Republic executed a young man who was a minor at the time he committed his alleged offense. The execution came two days after the hanging of a 17-year-old boy sparked international criticism. Adel Damani, 25, was executed on November 26 in Chabahar prison in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan after being sentenced to death for murder. Damani's documents show he was only 16 years old when he participated in a group fight that led to the death of one person. Haalvsh, a group that monitors rights violations in Sistan and Baluchistan, which is home to the country's Sunni Baluch minority of up to 2 million people, reported that Damani repeatedly denied the murder accusation, insisting that he was unarmed during the fight. The young man was executed after the judiciary on November 24 carried out the death sentence of 17-year-old Hamidreza Azari, who had been convicted of murder. In a statement on November 28, the UN Human Rights Office reminded Iranian authorities that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits death sentences and their implementation for crimes committed by under 18s. Iran is one of the countries with the highest death penalty figures, with members of minority groups being disproportionately sentenced to capital punishment. According to the UN, the Islamic Republic executed at least 419 individuals in the first seven months of the year - a 30 percent increase compared to the same period in 2022. Since 2010, at least 68 individuals below the age of 18 have been executed in the country, the Iran Human Rights Organization says. Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, urged the government to immediately halt the application of the death penalty and establish a moratorium on its use. <Until then, the death penalty may only be imposed for the most serious crimes, which refers to crimes of extreme gravity that result intentionally and directly in death,> she said. <We also call on the Government to stop using criminal procedures to punish political activists and others for exercising their rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.> >>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122993-another-juvenile-offender-executed-in-iran/

Iranwire - Nov 15 2023
<<Iranian Baluch Woman Hanged Amid Spike in Executions
The Islamic Republic's judiciary has executed an ethnic Baluch woman who had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges, a human rights website reported, amid a spike in executions in the wake of nationwide protests. Zarkhaton Mazarzehi, 46, was hanged in Kerman Prison on the morning of November 15. She was the sole breadwinner for her impoverished family, which includes a young daughter. Mazarzehi was arrested in 2017 while traveling in a bus to Shiraz with a package containing drugs. An informed source has told IranWire that she claimed to ignore what the package contained. The defendant was denied legal representation throughout the judicial proceedings. Activists accuse the Islamic Republic of using capital punishment to spread fear among the population after the country was swept by protests sparked by the September 2022 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini. According to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group, at least 499 people were executed between the beginning of the year and mid-September. Members of the Baluch minority - most of whom adhere to the Sunni strain of Islam - have been disproportionately targeted, accounting for nearly one-third of all executions.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/women/122532-iranian-baluch-woman-hanged-amid-spike-in-executions/

Iranwire - Nov 29 2023
<<At least 10 Inmates Executed in Iran Over Two Days
The Iranian authorities executed at least 10 prisoners over the past two days, a human rights group says, as the country's clerical rulers are increasingly using capital punishment. According to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights Organization, Ayoub Karimi, a Kurdish prisoner who spent 14 years in prison, was executed early on November 29 in Karaj's Ghezelhesar prison, near Tehran. Six other inmates, whose names were not disclosed, were hanged at the same prison on the same day, according to the group. Qasem Abasteh, a co-defendant in Karimi's murder case, was executed earlier this month. Five other co-accused are facing imminent execution. They were convicted by Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges including <action against national security,> <propaganda against the system,< <membership in Salafist groups> and <corruption on Earth.> Also on November 29, the death sentence of another man was carried out in Khorramabad Central Prison, Lorestan province. The executed prisoner, identified as Morad Beiranvand, had been sentenced to death on drug-related charges. The previous day, at least two inmates named Mohsen Amraei and Iqbal Fathullahi were executed in Ghezelhesar prison after they were sentenced to capital punishment on similar charges. The two men had been transferred to solitary confinement on November 27 along with three other individuals slated for execution. According to the UN, the Islamic Republic executed at least 419 individuals in the first seven months of the year - a 30 percent increase compared to the same period in 2022. Iran has seen a dramatic surge in executions following the eruption of nationwide protests in September 2022, with human rights activists saying the authorities are seeking to spread fear among the population. Rights groups say many judgments are rushed through the judiciary while grossly unfair trials and forced confessions are routine.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/123002-at-least-10-inmates-executed-in-iran-over-two-days/

NCRI - Women committee - in Women's news - Nov. 15, 2023
<<Zar-Khatoun Mazar Zehi Executed as UN 3rd Committee Condemns Iran's Rights Violations
An unfortunate Baluch woman, identified as Zar-Khatoun Mazar Zehi, was hanged along with two men in the Central Prison of Kerman, this morning on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Zar-Khatoun Mazar Zehi, 46, was the mother of a young girl and came from Saravan, a city in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province. She was arrested six years ago on the road from Kerman to Shiraz, and sentenced to death on drug-related charges. At the time of publishing of this report, none of the Iranian state media had reported the news of these hangings. Zar-Khatoun Mazar Zehi is the 19th woman executed in Iran in the 10 and a half months of 2023. She is the 222nd woman executed in Iran since 2007 based on the data compiled by the NCRI Women's Committee.
UN Third Committee Censures Rights Abuses in Iran
Today, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly condemned the violations of human rights in Iran. The 70th UN Resolution on Iran was adopted by 80 votes in favor and 29 against. It underlined the increasing wave of executions in Iran, the crackdown on the 2022 Iran protests, as well as the violations of women's rights in Iran, among others. The Iranian Resistance calls for the referral of the Iranian regime's dossier of rights abuses to the UN Security Council, and the prosecution of the regime's leaders for four decades of crimes against humanity and genocide.
Ebrahim Raisi has so far executed six more women every year
The number of executions in Iran has drastically increased since more than two years ago, when Ebrahim Raisi took office as the mullahs' president in August 2021. Based on the data compiled by the NCRI Women's Committee, 118 women were executed in Iran from August 2013 to August 2021, when Hassan Rouhani was in office. That makes an average of 15 women executed per year. However, under Ebrahim Raisi, 42 women were executed from August 2021 to August 2023. That makes an average of 21 women per year, which is six more women executed every year compared to the regime's previous president.
The world's record holder of the executions of women
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.> No government in the world has executed so many women. The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in Iran on political grounds. The Iranian regime is the world's top record holder of executions of women. The NCRI Women's Committee has previously mentioned that many women executed by the mullahs' regime are victims of domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/11/15/zar-khatoun-mazar-zehi/
Opinion by Gino d'Artali: I'm in a kind of limbo here because I'm absolutely against the use of narcotics i.e. the trafficking and selling of it. If caught and sentenced do I agree with a death-verdict? I'm not sure or let me, in the case of women, put it this way: it really depends on her social situation because I'd say in her favour very often they are abandoned by their husbands and often too by the mutual families which puts an especially single mother and to use that word again in a limbo based on the question of survival. Still and even so I strongly believe in the fact that if there's a problem there's always a solution and using or trafficking in narcotics definately isn't one. The question remains: did that woman deserve to die in such an awfull way? I need to speak about this with my Sunni mufti.

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Update November 13 - 8, 2023

Hengaw: Monday, November 13, 2023
<<Covert Execution of Three Baloch Political Prisoners in Zahedan Prison
The death sentences of three Baloch political detainees-Mohammad Brahui Anjumani, Idris Bilrani, and Mohammad Karim Barakzaei-were discreetly carried out in Zahedan Central Prison without the knowledge of their respective families. The Chief Justice of Zahedan has officially acknowledged the execution of these three individuals. According to reports obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, during the early hours of Monday, November 13, 2023, the death sentences of three political detainees from Zahedan, specifically 28-year-old Mohammad Brahui Anjumani, 30-year-old Idris Bilrani, and 28-year-old Mohammad Karim Barakzaei, were enforced after two years of detention without knowledge of their families and an absence of the right to a final visit within Zahedan Central Prison. Hengaw underscores that, in the case of these three Baloch political detainees, the basic tenets of a fair trial were not adhered to, even within the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. While unequivocally denouncing the execution of these three individuals, Hengaw implores the international community and human rights organizations to give due consideration to this egregious infringement of the right to life in Iran. The arrest of these three Baloch individuals transpired in August 2020 by IRGC intelligence forces. After enduring six months of detention and maltreatment in the security institution's detention center, resulting in a coerced confession, they were subsequently moved to Zahedan Central Prison. It is imperative to note that during their period of detention, they were deprived of both the right to legal representation and familial visitation. Mohammad Brahoui Anjumani, Idris Bilrani, and Mohammad Karim Barakzaei received a final sentence of death and 15 years in prison from the second branch of the Zahedan Revolutionary Court on February 24, 2022. The charges brought against them include corruption on earth dealings through collaboration with armed groups against the regime. As per the documented statistics of the Statistics and Documentation Center of the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, comprising these three cases, no fewer than 20 political, religious, and security detainees have faced execution within Iranian prisons since the commencement of this year. Moreover, the number of Baloch detainees executed during this period stands at 145.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/11/covert-execution-of-three-baloch-political-prisoners-in-zahedan-prison

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - Nov 11 2023
<<Execution of Baloch Political Prisoner Meysam Chandani in Zahedan Central Prison
The death sentence of Meysam Chandani, a Baloch political prisoner convicted nearly twelve years ago by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the charge of <waging war against God (Moharebeh),> was carried out in Zahedan Central Prison. According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on the dawn of Saturday, November 11, 2023, the execution of Meysam Chandani, a political prisoner from Saravan, took place in Zahedan Central Prison. The political prisoner had been transferred to solitary confinement last Wednesday in preparation for the execution. The Hengaw Organization strongly condemns the execution of Meysam Chandani, emphasizing that he was sentenced to death by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a process deemed completely non-transparent, unfair, and illegal. According to Haalvsh, Meysam Chandani faced severe torture during his one-year detention at the Zahedan Intelligence Department's detention center, resulting in a coerced confession. Meysam Chandani had previously received a death sentence on charges such as <action against national security,> <membership in opposition groups of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Jundallah),> and <waging war against God through armed action.> He was arrested on August 28, 2011, during a raid conducted by Saravan Intelligence Department forces on his father's residence located in the Bakhshan area of this city.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/11/execution-of-baloch-political-prisoner-meysam-chandani-in-zahedan-central-prison

Hengaw Organisation for Human Right - Nov 8 2023
<<Ghezel Hesar Prison: Execution of Death Sentences for Nine Prisoners
Nine prisoners faced execution at Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj. The identities of three of these individuals, namely Hossein Hawasi, Rasul Taimuri, and Bahman Fethullahzadeh, have been officially confirmed. According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in the early hours of November 8, 2023, the death sentences of two prisoners hailing from Kohdasht, Lorestan, Hossein Hawasi and Rasul Taimuri, along with another inmate named Bahman Fethullahzadeh, were carried out within the confines of Ghezel Hesar prison. Additionally, the remaining six prisoners, whose identities remain under investigation, had their death sentences executed within the same correctional facility. Hossein Hawasi and Rasul Taimuri had received death sentences for offenses related to drug crimes. The other prisoners, on the other hand, were sentenced to death by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic on charges that encompassed muharebe (waging war against God), murder, and armed robbery. Notably, this development has yet to be announced in government-affiliated media outlets, particularly those closely aligned with the judiciary, at the time of composing this report.>>
Source:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/11/ghezel-hesar-prison-execution-of-death-sentences-for-nine-prisoners

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NCRI - Womens committee - 2 Nov 2023 - in Women's News
<<Maryam Forough-Manesh hanged in Yasuj Prison; 18 women executed in 2023 so far
Another unfortunate woman, Maryam Forough-Manesh, was hanged in the Central Prison of Yasuj at dawn on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The news of the execution of this execution has not been published by the Iranian state media and press at the time of writing this report. Maryam Forough-Manesh was from Dehdasht, in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province in southwestern Iran. She had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death. It is not yet clear how many years she was incarcerated. According to the data compiled by the NCRI Women's Committee, this is the 221st woman to be executed in Iran since 2007, and the 18th woman executed in 2023, so far. Ebrahim Raisi has so far executed six more women every year. The number of executions in Iran has drastically increased since more than two years ago, when Ebrahim Raisi took office as the mullahs' president in August 2021. Based on the data compiled by the NCRI Women's Committee, 118 women were executed in Iran from August 2013 to August 2021, when Hassan Rouhani was in office. That makes an average of 15 women executed per year. However, under Ebrahim Raisi, 42 women were executed from August 2021 to August 2023. That makes an average of 21 women per year, which is six more women executed every year compared to the regime's previous president.
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.> No government in the world has executed so many women. The list does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in Iran on political grounds. The Iranian regime is the world’s top record holder of executions of women. The NCRI Women's Committee has previously mentioned that many women executed by the mullahs' regime are victims of domestic violence against women and have acted in self-defense.>>
Source:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/11/02/maryam-forough-manesh/
Note by Gino d'Artali: embedded as part of the article are 3 links with more heinous details about the mullahs' regime hanging spree of women.
And read also the below:

Iranwire - 2 Nov 2023
<<Executions in Iran Are up 30 Percent, UN Report Says
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is carrying out executions <at an alarming rate.> and expressed deep concern at the <lack of transparent and independent investigations> into reports of massive human rights violations. The Iranian authorities executed at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, up 30 percent from the same period in 2022, Guterres said in a new report to the UN General Assembly on the human rights situation in Iran. More than half of those executed - 239 people - were reportedly put to death on drug-related charges, a 98-percent increase from the same period last year, he said. Seven men were executed in relation to or for participating in the monthslong nationwide protests sparked by the September 2022 death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, according to the report. In all seven cases, the judicial proceedings <did not fulfill the requirements for due process and a fair trial under international human rights law,> it said, adding that <access to adequate and timely legal representation was frequently denied, with reports of coerced confessions, which may have been obtained as a result of torture.> Guterres cited information received by the UN rights agency that between September 2022 and February 2023, an estimated 20,000 people were arrested for their involvement in the protest movement. <It is particularly concerning that most of the individuals arrested may have been children, given that the reported average age of those arrested was estimated to be 15 years, according to the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,> the secretary-general said. He cited reported instances of disproportionate and excessive use of force against demonstrators, and beatings and sexual violence after they were put into custody, as well as psychological abuse.The government said <a minimum of> 22,000 people detained during the protests were pardoned, but Guterres pointed out that it was difficult to verify the numbers of those arrested and released. He also said that a number of those who were pardoned then received summonses on new charges or were rearrested, including activists, journalists and members of minority groups. According to the report, <the continued denial of adequate medical care in detention remains a serious concern.> The secretary-general urged Iran to immediately halt all executions, abolish the death penalty and release all people detained arbitrarily <for legitimately exercising their rights to freedom of opinion and expression, association and peaceful assembly.>
Guterres said the government should guarantee the right to peaceful assembly, ensure that security at protests complies with international human rights norms and standards, and respect the rights to due process and fair trials.>>
Source:
https://iranwire.com/en/news/122134-executions-in-iran-are-up-30-percent-un-report-says/

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