IRAN - The identities of two women hanged in Raja’i Shahr on December 4, 2019, have been confirmed.

The identities of two women hanged in Raja’i Shahr prison, in Gohardasht on December 4, 2019, have been confirmed. They had been transferred to Gohardasht from Qarchak Prison to carry out their death sentence. One the women was Fatemeh Ghezel Safarlou, 26, who had been initially sentenced to three years for undeliberate murder of her husband in 2015. Subsequently, upon the request of her in-laws for retribution, she was sentenced to death. Nargess o-Sadat Tabaii was the second woman executed on December 4, 2019, on the charge of murder. She was around 50 years old and was arrested and detained 7 years ago.