Seven people, including two women, were hanged today in Iran after, as the Norwegian NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) highlighted, the country further intensified its use of capital punishment.
Parvin Mousavi, 53, mother of two adult children, was subjected to the death penalty. He was in Urmia prison in northwestern Iran along with five men convicted in various drug-related cases.
In Nishapur, eastern Iran, a 27-year-old woman named Fatemeh Abdullahi was hanged on charges of killing her husband, who was also her cousin.
According to IHR, at least 223 executions have been recorded this year, including at least 50 so far in May alone. A new wave began after the end of the Persian New Year and Ramadan holidays in April, with 115 people including six women hanged since then.
(Unioneonline/ss)
