Two women executed in Qazvin over murder of a man they were both married to

Hengaw – Friday, June 19, 2026

Iranian authorities executed two women, Asieh Farahmand and Zeinab Zarini, in Qazvin Central Prison earlier this month after they were convicted in a joint case of “premeditated murder.” Data compiled by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights shows that at least nine women have been executed in Iranian prisons over the past six months.

Information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights shows that the executions were carried out in the early hours of June 7, 2026, at Qazvin Central Prison (Choobindar Prison). Farahmand, 28, and Zarini, 32, were both from Qazvin.

The two women were close relatives and both married to a 50-year-old man identified as Fathollah. They were arrested on charges of involvement in his murder. Judicial authorities cited family and financial disputes as the motive for the killing.

Available information indicates that investigators from Qazvin's Criminal Investigation Department placed the two women in a room equipped with a hidden listening device and secretly recorded their private conversations. The Criminal Court of Qazvin later relied on those recordings as the primary evidence in the case and sentenced both women to death.

Iranian state media and judiciary-affiliated outlets have not announced the executions of Asieh Farahmand and Zeinab Zarini. The executions were carried out in complete secrecy and without public notification.