Iran. A Woman Convicted for Killing Her Husband and Giving Birth to a Child in Prison Has Been Executed
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Asthma Zarei was 28 years old and was hanged after being convicted of her husband's murder.
Iran executed a 28-year-old woman who had been sentenced for the murder of her husband and who had given birth to a child in prison, announced Tuesday two NGOs outside Iran, quoted by AFP. The child was entrusted to his maternal grandmother.
Iran's judiciary has been applying the death penalty rigorously for months. Now, according to human rights activists, a woman who became a mother in custody was executed.
A publication by the human rights group IHR (Iran Humans Rights) revealed that an Iranian woman was executed by hanging after giving birth in prison. The execution took place on May 20 and the woman's identity was confirmed as Asma Zarei on Tuesday (27). A source informed the IHR that Asma was accused of killing her husband by means of pills and was condemned to qisas, a concept of Islamic law which means . . retribution to the same extent or eq…
In Iran, a 28-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby in prison has been executed, according to human rights groups. Asma Sarei was hanged on May 20 in Ardabil, in the northwest of the country, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Hengaw Rights reported on Tuesday.
A 28-year-old woman who gave birth two years ago while in prison has been executed in Iran for the murder of her husband, two foreign NGOs announced today. More...
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