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IRAN - Nasrin Barani, a woman, executed in Isfahan on March 1
March 1, 2025: March 1, 2025 - IRAN. Nasrin Barani, a woman, executed in Isfahan on March 1.
According to information Iran Human Rights obtained on March 13, a woman was hanged in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison on 1st March. Her identity has been established as 29-year-old Nasrin Barani, from Isfahan, who was sentenced for murder.
A source told IHR: “Nasrin was arrested for the murder of her ex-husband four years ago. She had lived with him for six years before divorcing and marrying her second husband. She was accused of killing her first husband who continued to stalk her.”
Nasrin Barani is the fifth recorded woman execution in Iran in 2025. Iran executes the highest number of women globally. In 2024, at least 31 women were executed for drug-related, murder and security-related charges in Iran, the highest number of recorded women executions in more than 15 years.
At the time of writing, her execution has not been reported by domestic media in Iran.
According to data compiled by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), at least 268 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/7419/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/03/article-53
https://wncri.org/2025/03/13/nasrin-barani-fifth-woman-executed-in-2025/ (Source: IHR)
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