Rape victim executed in Iran, the 98th woman to be hanged and executed during Rouhani’s tenure as president

In the morning of Wednesday, December 4, 2019, Somayyeh Shahbazi Jahrouii was hanged in Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan Province.
Somayyeh Shahbazi Jahrouii, 33, had been imprisoned for six years. According to her relatives, She shot a man who broke into her home and tried to rape her.
Iran's terrorist regime uses Islam as justification for its crimes while violating women's rights, children's rights, minority rights and executing LGBT people and even rape victims (for adultery).
Iran’s regime holds the infamous record of the world’s top executioner per capita. It also ranks first for most number of juvenile executions in the world. Women are also victims of the death penalty in Iran, with Hundreds of women who were executed or shot in the street Since the Islamic Revolution.

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Her name is Somayyeh Shahbazi Jahrouii.

Somayyeh is the 98th woman to be hanged and executed during Rouhani’s tenure as President of Iran.

Why?

For defending herself as she was raped.

Despite this, @IlhanMN still refuses to support sanctions against Iran. pic.twitter.com/sqXVa7xOKZ

— Yoni Michanie (@YoniMichanie) January 11, 2020