Human rights organizations report that Marziyeh Nayeri, 24, was executed at dawn on August 8 in Qazvin Central Prison. Nayeri, a victim of forced marriage as a minor, was convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to qisas (retributive execution) after the court rejected her claim of self-defense.
Human rights groups have reported the execution of Marziyeh Nayeri, a 24-year-old Iranian woman, at dawn on Saturday, August 8, in Qazvin Central Prison. According to the groups, Nayeri was married off as a minor and later convicted of murdering her husband. She was sentenced to qisas, a retributive penalty under Iranian law, after the court rejected her self-defense argument. The report did not name the specific organizations involved. Iran continues to face international criticism over its use of the death penalty, including in cases involving women and minors.
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