Moradi had insisted Ismaili acted in self-defense to save herself and her children when she killed her husband, Alireza Zamani, the UK Times said. Moradi took to Facebook to post the news, which was shared by the UK paper and Iran Human Rights Monitor (HRM) and later deleted. According to the post, Ismaili suffered a fatal stroke after witnessing 16 men being hanged before her and authorities hanged her dead body. It states cardiac arrest as cause of death because yesterday 16 men were hanged before her eyes, he reportedly wrote in the post. Zahra s heart stopped and she died before she was taken to the gallows .
Woman On Death Row Who Died Before Execution Hanged Anyway To Please Victim s Mom
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Ismaili collapsed after watching 16 other executions
Her death certificate states cardiac arrest as the official cause of death
An Iranian woman on death row, who died minutes before the execution, was hanged anyway so that her alleged victim s mother could watch, her lawyer has claimed.
Zahra Ismaili was sentenced to death for murdering her abusive husband, Alireza Zamani, an official in the Intelligence Ministry, and died while waiting for her turn to be executed, Omid Moradi, Ismaili’s lawyer, said.
Ismaili collapsed after she was made to watch 16 other convicts hanged ahead of her while she was waiting for her turn to be executed on Feb.17, reported local news outlet Arab News.