🥀 Remembrance of Violence Against Women – Mona Mahmudnejad Executed at 17 – June 1983

On International Women's Day, remember Mona Mahmudnejad, a bright and courageous 17-year-old Baha'i girl born in 1965 in Aden, Yemen, who grew up in Shiraz after her family returned to Iran. At just 17, she was already a teacher of ethics and morals in her Baha'i community, known for her eloquent writing, gentle kindness, and deep commitment to her faith. In high school, she wrote a powerful essay on freedom, openly questioning why she could not express her Baha'i beliefs, practice her religion freely, or speak without fear. That same essay, later discovered during a home raid, became one of the main pretexts used to justify her arrest and execution.

On the night of October 23, 1982, security forces stormed her family home, arresting both Mona and her father. Taken to Sepah detention center in Shiraz, she endured 38 days of harsh interrogations and threats. After her transfer to Adel-Abad Prison, in a brief, unfair trial without a lawyer or real defense, she and nine other Baha'i women were sentenced to death for refusing to recant their beliefs.

On 18 June 1983, Mona was hanged in Shiraz's Chogan Square at just 17 years old. No final messages or wills reached her family; her body was buried secretly in the Baha'i cemetery, later destroyed by the regime.

Mona's unwavering courage, quiet smile, and refusal to compromise her identity stand as a powerful symbol of the Islamic Republic's systematic brutality against women and religious minorities.

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