07 January 2026 :

January 5, 2026 - IRAN. Karim Asgari and Tayebeh Hekmat (Tayyebeh Hekmat) executed in Zanjan on January 5.

Tayebeh Hekmat is the first woman execution to be recorded in 2026.

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man and a woman were hanged in Zanjan Central Prison on 5 January 2026. The man’s identity has been established as Karim Asgari from Zanjan, sentenced for murder.

The woman has been identified as 53-year-old Tayebeh Hekmat, a mother of three arrested for the murder of her husband around seven years ago. Per informed sources, “Her three children are the plaintiffs in the case. They’ve never visited their mother behind bars and ultimately chose execution.”

According to data recorded by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (Wncri), at least 328 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.

At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media in Iran.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/8509/
https://wncri.org/2026/01/06/tayyebeh-hekmat-first-woman-executed-in-2026/