Iran is the world’s top executioner of women, said Iran Human Rights in its yearly report on executions. The report said that at least 22 women were executed in Iran in 2023, the highest number of women executions since 2014.

There was a sharp drop in the execution of women on drug-related charges after the 2017 Amendment to the Anti-Narcotics Laws, but in 2021, five women were executed on the charges, consistent with the rise in overall drug-related executions.

On the occasion of World Day Against the Death Penalty in 2021, Iran Human Rights published a 12-year analysis of 'Women and the Death Penalty in Iran' which provides broader socio-economic and legal context and background. 

It is important to note that women do not have the right to divorce, which is reflected in the number of domestic violence cases reported.