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Iran executes 23-year-old woman who killed man who tried to rape her

2026-08-11 17:51:35Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Iran executed a young woman at dawn on Saturday who claimed she had acted in self-defense against a sexual assault, while authorities simultaneously handed a second woman ten death sentences in a separate case involving the killing of elderly men she had married.

Marzieh Nieri, 23, was executed in Qazvin central prison. Iran Human Rights said she had been forced into marriage at the age of 17 under family pressure.

The event that led to her execution occurred in October 2021, when she was 18 years old.

During the trial, Nieri said that one of her husband's business partners had attempted to sexually assault her after he was drunk and that she had stabbed him with a kitchen knife in self-defense. Her husband was also killed during the fight.

Nieri surrendered to police four days after the incident, after going to her brother's house.

The court rejected her claim of self-defense and, following a request from the victims' families for "qisas," a punishment to the same extent under Islamic Republic law, sentenced her to death.

Iran Human Rights said her execution brought to at least 14 the number of women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2026. The executions come at a time when the number of executions of women in Iran has increased significantly.

The US State Department said at least 61 women were executed in Iran in 2025, the highest number in 25 years and about 70% more than the previous year. It said Iran is far ahead of any other country in the number of death sentences carried out against women.

Murdering a spouse or partner is one of the most common charges in cases of women on death row in Iran. Iran Human Rights said at least 21 of the women executed in 2025 were sentenced to “qisas” for killing their husbands or fiancés.

Women's rights organizations say that many of these women had a history of domestic violence before the murder, and that forced marriage at an early age, economic dependence, limited access to divorce, and limited legal protection leave many women with few options to leave abusive relationships.

"Qisas" is a principle of Iranian law, derived from Islamic jurisprudence, according to which the family of a murder victim has the right to demand the execution of the person convicted of murder or to accept financial compensation, known as "diyya," or "blood money," in lieu of the death penalty.

Iranian courts can only impose a death sentence in such cases with the explicit consent of the victim's closest family members.


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