Iran: Woman Hanged at Mashhad Prison

According to Khorasan Daily, on the morning of Sunday, August 25, a woman was hanged at Mashhad Central Prison, also known as Vakilabad prison. She was sentenced to death for killing her own two children four years ago. 

Her father had told the court that she was seriously depressed and was under the influence of potent medication at the time of the crime.

At least 110 people were executed in Iran in the first half of 2019; Only 37 of the executions have been announced by authorities or Iranian media. Iran Human Rights (IHR) could confirm 73 more through its sources. IHR only reports the unannounced executions if it could confirm those with two separate credible sources. Therefore, the actual number of executions may be even higher than reported.

There is a lack of a classification of murder by degree in Iran which results in issuing a death sentence for any kind of murder regardless of intensity and intent.