IRAN - A woman, Leila Zarafshan, executed on September 26, 2019 in the Central Prison of Sanandaj

In the morning of Thursday, September 26, 2019, Leila Zarafshan was hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj. She had been imprisoned for five years for murdering her husband. The execution of this woman has not been published in the clerical regime’s state-run press and media. With the execution of Leila Zarafshan, the number of women executed during Rouhani’s presidency reaches 95.