Iran executed a 23-year-old woman, Marzieh Nieri, who claimed she acted in self-defence against a sexual assault, marking a troubling rise in executions of women in the country. The execution follows a court ruling that rejected her self-defence claim, despite her history of forced marriage and domestic violence. In a separate case, another woman received ten death sentences for killing elderly men she had married, highlighting the severe legal consequences faced by women in Iran.