IRAN - 1 woman and 1 man executed in Shiraz on February 18

February 18, 2025 - IRAN. 1 woman and 1 man executed in Shiraz on February 18
A woman only identified as Bagherinejad (Bagheri Nejad), and Mehdi Iranian
According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man and a woman were executed in Shiraz (Adel Abad) Central Prison on 18 February 2025. Their identities have been established as 28-year-old Mehdi Iranian and 45-year-old Ms Bagherinejad who were sentenced for murder in separate cases.
A source told IHR: “Mehdi was arrested four years ago for allegedly stabbing someone with a dagger during a fight. Ms Bagherinejad was arrested for the murder of her husband five years ago.”
At the time of writing, their executions have not been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.
Ms Bagherinejad is the third woman execution recorded in 2025. According to data compiled by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), at least 265 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.

https://iranhr.net/en/articles/7347/
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/02/article-67
https://wncri.org/2025/02/19/adelabad-prison-execution-bagheri-nejad/