Radio Farda:

A large group of influential women from around the world as well as UN experts have issued separate statements urging Iran to immediately release Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old electrical engineer facing imminent execution.

Tabari was sentenced to death on October 25, by the Revolutionary Court of Rasht for baghi -- armed rebellion against the foundations of the Islamic republic.

The conviction was based on a piece of cloth bearing the slogan "Women, Resistance, Freedom," which appeared to be a play on the “Women, Life, Freedom” motto popularized during Iran's 2022 protests. Authorities alleged she planned to display the cloth as a public banner.

'World's Number One Executioner Of Women'

In an appeal brought by a UK-based organization, more than 400 prominent women, including four Nobel Prize laureates and several former presidents and prime ministers, on December 23, described Iran as “the world's number one executioner of women per capita.”

“Zahra's case lays bare this terror: in Iran, daring to hold a sign declaring women's resistance to oppression is now punishable by death,” their letter said.

The organization, Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran, represents the families of thousands of political prisoners executed in Iran more than 30 years ago.

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