A record increase in the execution of women in Iran… a 70% increase in one year

Iran recorded a sharp increase in executions during the year 2025, in a wave that international organizations described as an “execution crisis,” as the number of executions exceeded 1,800 cases by the end of November, including 22 political prisoners and 12 public executions, while 615 sentences were carried out in the months of October and November alone.

Reports indicate an execution At least 57 women During the year, an increase of 70% compared to last year. 32 women also lost their lives during the period from July 30 to November 30. Since Masoud Pezeshkian took power, more than 2,600 executions have been carried out within 16 months, including 78 women.

Human rights organizations believe that this increase reflects “a crisis and terror within the Iranian regime,” which uses executions as a tool of political intimidation in the face of protests and internal tensions.

The authorities also issued a death sentence against the political prisoner Zahra Shahbaz Tabari (67 years old) In a ten-minute trial over the Internet without proper legal representation, based on evidence described as fragile. 16 other political cases face a similar ruling.

Human rights reports reveal that many women sentenced to death are victims of domestic violence, discriminatory laws, and poverty, while other sentences are carried out in drug cases related to the exploitation of poor women in exchange for small sums of money.

On the other hand, families of those sentenced to death continue to protest in front of prisons, despite their repeated exposure to violence by security forces.

Qzelhisar Prison witnessed a mass strike by 1,500 prisoners after their lips were sewn together in protest against the wave of executions.

Human rights organizations and the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran called on the international community to intervene urgently to stop executions, condemn what they described as the policy of “organized killing,” and support efforts to save prisoners sentenced to death, especially women.