Daughter forced to execute her own mum by kicking away her chair in barbaric punishment by Iran’s brutal regime
A DAUGHTER has been forced to execute her own mother by kicking away the chair she stood on as she was hanged in Iran.
Maryam Karimi received the barbaric punishment under the country's brutal regime after she killed her abusive husband.
According to local reports, her husband had refused to grant her a divorce.
The woman's father Ebrahim tried to convince him but to no avail - so the distraught dad assisted his daughter with the killing.
After their arrest, Maryam's six-year-old little girl went to live with her dad's grandparents, who told her she was orphaned.
The now-19-year-old woman found out the truth about her father just weeks before her mum's execution.
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Maryam was killed at Rasht Central Prison on March 13, after serving 13 years behind bars.
Her daughter kicked the chair out from under her mum's feet after reportedly refusing to forgive her or accept "Diya" (blood money), according to Iran International TV.
Maryam was charged with "retribution in kind" which is known in Iran as "Qisas" - a form of "an eye for an eye" retribution.
Qisas requires the victim’s next of kin to be present at the execution and they are actively encouraged to carry out the execution themselves.
A source told Iran Human Rights: "Maryam’s daughter was six years old when the murder took place and has been in the care of her father’s family.
"For the past 13 years, they had told her that both her parents were dead, but had to tell her the truth a few weeks prior to the execution to prepare her psychologically.”
'INHUMANE AND CRUEL'
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of campaign group, Iran Human Rights, told the Mirror: "It's important to illustrate what qisas lead to beyond the actual executions.
"The Iranian penal code, not only does it have inhumane punishment, but it also promotes violence on the society.
"In cases of murder where they talk about Qisas, or 'retribution-in-kind', what they actually do is they put the responsibility of an execution on the shoulders of the murder victim's family.
"So from being a victim, they are converted to becoming an executioner.
"But then it becomes even more brutal when we have these murders within the family."
Following the execution, it is reported that Maryam’s father Ebrahim was brought in by authorities to see her corpse hanging.
He was later killed in the same prison as his daughter.
Activist and journalist at Iran International TV, Aram Bolandpaz said: “Four decades of brain-washing at schools, extreme punishments in Iranian society and a patriarchal regime mean that Maryam's daughter was raised to make sure that executing her mother was a victory for a man, whether that be for her father or for the oppressive regime.
"Qisas is inhumane, savage, and cruel, no matter where in the world.
"For a country which prioritises the rights of unborn babies and emphasises that life is the most valuable phenomenon, how can the Islamic Republic seize a life from someone in such an awful way.”
Qisas is inhumane, savage, and cruel, no matter where in the world.
Aram Bolandpaz
The continued use of Qisas in Iran has caused uproar with human rights campaigners but it is still used in murder cases.
Qisas are also in use for juvenile offenders. Sharia law defines the age of criminal responsibility for girls to be nine-years-old, and 15 for boys.
In 2019, 225 executions were carried out as Qisas, Iran International TV reports.
There was 68 carried out in one prison alone and four of these executions involved individuals who were juveniles at the time of the offence.
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As a plaintiff in Qisas cases, the responsibility of carrying out the execution and the decision on whether the accused should be executed is theirs to make.
But this causes severe psychological distress to plaintiffs and can have long-term psychological consequences.