death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name
18 june 1983 shiraz , iran near aden , yemen iranian 10 september 1965 execution for membership in the bahá ' í faith mona mahmudnizhad.jpg mona mahmudnizhad
 mona mahmudnizhad
mona mahmudnizhad

mona mahmudnizhad -lrb- september 10 , 1965 - june 18 , 1983 -rrb- was an iranian bahá ' í who , in 1983 , together with nine other bahá ' í women , was sentenced to death and hanged in shiraz , iran because of her membership in the bahá ' í faith .
the official charges ranged from `` misleading children and youth '' because she was teaching children who had been expelled from school for their beliefs and serving in an orphanage , to being a `` zionist '' because the bahá ' í world centre is located in israel .
