Shamsi Pir Ostovan

شمسی پیراستوان

Qazvin

30 May 2021 Executed

Life

• In 97, at the insistence of her family, Ms. Pir Ostovan separated inside the prison from her husband, who was also her cousin (paternal uncle's son), and was single
  Persian original

  خانم پیر استوان در سال ۹۷ با اصرار خانواده‌اش در داخل زندان از همسرش که پسر عمویش هم بود، جدا شد و مجرد بود.

• Ms. Pir Ostovan is the first woman executed in Iran on drug-related charges after the amendment of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
  Persian original

  خانم پیر استوان، اولین زنی است که پس از اصلاح قانون مبارزه با مواد مخدر، با اتهامات مرتبط با مواد مخدر در ایران اعدام شد.

The case

• She was executed together with her former husband on the morning of 9 Khordad 1400 in Qazvin Central Prison (Choobindar).
  Persian original

  او همراه با همسرش سابقش صبح روز ۹ خرداد ۱۴۰۰، در زندان مرکزی قزوین (چوبین در) اعدام شد.

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial
2. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Executed
• Executed for drug-related offences
• Women killed
• The year 1400 (2021–2022)
• Qazvin Province
• Qazvin

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