Iran: Woman Hanged at Shiraz Prison

According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, prisoner Maliheh Haji-Hosseini (29) was hanged at Shiraz city’s central prison (Adel-Abad Prison) on January 14, 2020. She was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murdering her fiance. 

According to the Iranian Islamic Penal Code (IPC) murder is punishable by qisas which means “retribution in kind” or retaliation. In this way, the State effectively puts the responsibility of the death sentence for murder on the shoulders of the victim’s family. 

Out of the 110 people who were executed in the first half of 2019, 83 were sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder.