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Global Outcry Grows for Iranian Activist Facing Death Sentence

12/23/2025

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Zahra Tabari, an Iranian engineer and activist, received a death sentence after a brief trial for holding a banner reading 'Woman, Resistance, Freedom'.
More than 400 prominent women, including four Nobel laureates, have called for her immediate release.
United Nations experts say the case violates international human rights law and that executing Tabari would be arbitrary amid over 40 executions this year.

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Zahra Tabari, an Iranian engineer and activist, received a death sentence after a brief trial for holding a banner reading 'Woman, Resistance, Freedom'.
More than 400 prominent women, including four Nobel laureates, have called for her immediate release.
United Nations experts say the case violates international human rights law and that executing Tabari would be arbitrary amid over 40 executions this year.