Iran Executed 10 Afghan Citizens, Including a Woman, in the Past Month

The human rights organization “Hengaw” has announced that Iran executed at least 187 prisoners in September of this year, among them 10 Afghan citizens, including one woman.

On Wednesday (1 October), the organization reported that the number of executions in Iran had increased by 140 percent compared to September of last year, reaching the highest level in the past two decades. Most of those executed were convicted on charges related to drug trafficking and murder, but among them were also three political activists, two religious prisoners, and at least six women.

Meanwhile, in the past eight months alone, at least 46 Afghan citizens have been executed in Iran. In the organization’s new report, the name of an Afghan woman, Hadigheh Abadi, was mentioned, who was executed on drug-related charges.

The Taliban had earlier requested Iranian judicial authorities to consider alternative punishments for Afghans sentenced to death, but this request has apparently been ignored.