A 28-year-old woman has been executed in Iran for the murder of her husband, according to human rights activists.
The woman was hanged at the central prison in the north-western city of Ardabil, the Norway-based human rights organization Iran Human Rights said on Tuesday.
The death sentence was carried out in accordance with Islamic law in Iran, which allows the family of a murder victim to seek revenge.
The woman was accused of killing her husband with pills, Iran Human Rights said. She was pregnant at the time of her arrest.
The child was reportedly born in prison. In her will, she stipulated that her mother should raise the child, who is now two years old.
According to human rights activists, this was the sixth publicly known execution of a woman this year.
Human rights groups have criticized the rigorous application of the death penalty in Iran for many years and accuse the authorities of using executions as a means of intimidation.
Amnesty International says at least 2,159 people were executed in Iran last year – the highest figure recorded since 1981.
