Marzieh Nieri, 23, was executed at Qazvin Central Prison after a court rejected her account of wounding a man who had attempted to assault her, bringing the number of women executed in Iran since the start of 2026 to at least 14.
By Samira Hosseini & Euronews Persian
Published on
11/08/2026 - 11:13 GMT+2
Iran executed a young woman at dawn on Saturday who said she had acted in self-defence against a sexual assault, as 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 at Qazvin Central Prison. Iran Human Rights said she had been forced into marriage at 17 under family pressure.
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