AGI – Samira Sabzian, the former child bride who spent years in prison in Iran and was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, was hanged in Iran this morning. This was reported by the NGO Iran Human Rights.
The Islamic Republic was left hanging #SamiraSabzian today with the whole world as witnesses. Samira was a victim of gender apartheid, child marriage and domestic violence for years, and today she is a victim of the killing machine of the incompetent and corrupt regime. Under the regime that… pic.twitter.com/QUrvIbJVJI
— Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam (@iranhr) December 20, 2023
“The Islamic Republic hanged Samira Sabzian today with the whole world as witnesses. Samira was a victim of years of gender apartheid, child marriage and domestic violence, and today she was a victim of the killing machine of an incompetent and corrupt regime. A regime that made its living solely by killing and instilling fear,” writes the Director of the NGOMahmood Amiry-Moghaddam on X “Ali Khamenei and other leaders of the Islamic Republic must answer for this.” crime. Like other victims of the regime's executive machinery, Samira was one of the most vulnerable members of society and had no voice. A week-long campaign wasn't enough to save it. We must fight every day to save the thousands of other people who will fall victim to the death machine in order to ensure the survival of the regime.”
According to Iranian human rights sources, Samira was executed in Qeezel Hesar Prison in Karaj. Samira Sabzian's execution was originally scheduled for Wednesday, December 13, 2013, but was also postponed by a week in the wake of the murder Civil society response. Samira Sabzian had been married at a very young age, at the age of 15, and had been a nanny. The woman had also been a victim of domestic violence before committing the alleged murder. According to the NGO, Samira Sabzian had two children; and it was in there Prison for about 10 yearsThey are constantly deprived of even the opportunity to visit their children.
“For the first time in years he met his childrenlast visit from the death penalty,” we read on the NGO’s website. According to Iran Human Rights, 18 women have been executed in Iran so far this year.
“Samira was a victim of the practice of early marriage and I saw how much she suffered in prison because she was denied access to her children,” he added again on the social network: Mozhgan Keshavarzthe Iranian activist who was her cellmate and spent almost three years behind bars, mostly in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran province.
“Iranian laws allow forced and early marriages for girls aged 13 and over. However, they do not protect women from domestic violence and then kill them when they rebel”: the complaint comes from Amnesty International Italy.
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