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Iran Sentences Two Women to Death Over 2026 Protests, Say Rights Groups

Summary by Asharq AL-Awsat
Iranian courts have issued death sentences for two women charged over anti-government protests in January, rights groups said Monday, as Tehran ramps up executions of people arrested in the demonstrations. The two women were sentenced in separate cases but both were related to incidents in the central city of Isfahan, which was a hub of the nationwide protest activity that peaked on the nights of January 8 and 9.

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Two women have been sentenced to death in Iran. They were accused of participating in anti-government protests that took place last January, according to human rights groups. Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani faced separate cases related to the incidents in Isfahan, where mass protests peaked on January 8 and 9. Taraneh, 20, sentenced to death Taraneh Rahimi, 20, was sentenced to death along with nine other men for incidents that took place i…

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Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani were tried in separate proceedings related to incidents in Isfahan.

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Since the start of the war with the US, Tehran has executed 29 men on charges related to the protests, but so far no women on similar charges.

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Iranian justice has sentenced two women to death for participating in the anti-government protests in January, human rights groups said on Monday, August 31.

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Two women were sentenced to death in Iran for participation in anti-venom protests, report human rights groups on Monday. The sentences were handed down in separate cases, but related to episodes recorded in Isfahan, one of the cities where demonstrations took place during the national mobilization that reached the peak on January 8 and 9, this year.

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Two women accused of participating in the anti-government protests of January have been sentenced to death in Iran, human rights groups reported this Monday. It is the first case of women sentenced to death for those demonstrations, at a time when executions of detainees in those revolts increase. The sentences came out of different trials, both linked to incidents in Isfahan, focus of the national protests that had their peak on the nights of J…

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