Iran Hangs 'Child Bride' Who Murdered Her Husband

Iran has executed a young woman for the murder of her husband, whom she married while she was still a child, according to a human rights group.

Samira Sabzian, who had been imprisoned for a decade, was executed at dawn in Ghezel Hesar jail in the Tehran suburb of Karaj, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group.

According to relatives, she was a "child bride" who married her husband at the age of 15 and was a victim of domestic violence.

She was arrested at the age of 19 on charges of murdering her husband and condemned to death, according to the report.

IHR stated that she had two children whom she had not seen since her incarceration until a final meeting in prison earlier this month.

"Samira was a victim of years of gender apartheid, child marriage and domestic violence, and today she fell victim to the incompetent and corrupt regime's killing machine," stated the head of the IHR, Mahmood-A

According to Amnesty International, there have been at least 115 executions in Iran this year, with at least 115 people executed in November alone.

Amnesty International had urged Iran not to carry out the execution, claiming that the authorities were on a "horrific state-sanctioned killing spree."

The British government had requested that Iran spare Sabzian's life.

"Samira is a victim of child marriage... Iran must cease its appalling treatment of women and girls," junior foreign minister Tariq Ahmad tweeted late Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter.

According to IHR, 18 women, including Samira Sabzian, have been executed in Iran this year.