Islamic Republic Executes Former Child Bride, According To Her Ex-Cellmate - KAYHAN LIFE

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : " Thousands of Child Marriages are Celebrated In Iran Each Year Iran's regime is the world's biggest executioner of women and children.
48% : It is estimated that one-fifth of all marriages in Iran are child marriages.
45% : More than 1 million girls were married in Iran from 2014 to 2021, including 13,500 girls under the age of 13, according to a 2021 report by Iran's Civil Registration Organization.
44% : " "Today, right after the call for morning prayer, the regime in Iran executed Samira Sabzian," human rights activist Masih Alinejad said in a post on X. "@mozhgankshavarz Iranian activist who was her cellmate says: 'Samira was a victim of child marriage, I witnessed how much she suffered in prison from being denied to have access to her children.' The execution follows a verdict in Sweden on Dec. 19 in which a Swedish court upheld a life sentence for Iranian official Hamid Noury.
41% : At least 16 women and three children were executed in Iran in 2022, according to a Dec. 19 report by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
40% : Noury was found guilty of involvement in the mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988.
38% : The Islamic Republic of Iran executed Samira Sabzian, a victim of child marriage, on Dec. 20, according to a post on X by Mozhgan Keshavarz, an exiled political prisoner who once shared a cell with Samira.
33% : "The UK calls on Iran to halt the planned execution of Samira Sabzian.
32% : Iran must cease its appalling treatment of women and girls.
26% : Samira is a victim of child marriage," British lawmaker Lord Tariq Ahmad said in a Dec. 19 post on X. "The UK co-sponsored a resolution at the UN demanding Iran end the use of the death penalty.

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