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'Black widow', 56, who poisoned her 11 elderly husbands faces the death penalty in Iran
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 10, 2025 | PERKIN AMALARAJ

Posted on 08/10/2025 8:58:05 AM PDT by Morgana

A woman who poisoned and killed her 11 husbands over a 22-year period is currently facing the death penalty in Iran.

Kolsum Akbari, 56, married elderly men before administering blood pressure medications, diabetes drugs, sedatives and even industrial alcohol in order to inherit their property.

Akbari's sick actions went undetected for more than two decades, due to her victims old ages and health conditions, until she confessed to the killings. She currently awaits sentencing.

The families of her victims are now asking for her execution.

Beginning in 2000 and carrying on until 2023, she killed over and over until she became careless with her final husband, 82-year-old Gholamreza Babaei.

Babei's son was suspicious of the woman after a family friend revealed his own father had previously been married to a woman called Kolsum who had tried to poison him.

Police were called, and the woman was arrested. Upon interrogation police managed to get her to confess, though she reportedly gave conflicting accounts on just how many people she killed.

She said: 'I don’t know how many I killed. Maybe it was 13 or 15 people. I don’t remember exactly.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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"In many cases, the victims would die shortly after getting married to her. Mirahmad Omrani, 69, died a month after their marriage in 2013; Esmail Bakhshi, 62, died two months after their 2016 wedding, and Ganjali Hamzei, 83, died 43 days after marrying her. "

'Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time it's enemy action' --James Bond

1 posted on 08/10/2025 8:58:05 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Sounds fair to me.


2 posted on 08/10/2025 8:59:31 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (ui)
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3 posted on 08/10/2025 8:59:38 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Morgana

Isn’t she doing the same thing the government does to dissidents?


4 posted on 08/10/2025 9:00:34 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Morgana

They blurred her image, her beauty must be more than mortal man can resist.


5 posted on 08/10/2025 9:01:49 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Morgana

“A woman who poisoned and killed her 11 husbands over a 22-year period is currently facing the death penalty in Iran.” Sounds like a sweet girl.


6 posted on 08/10/2025 9:08:42 AM PDT by kawhill ("What's that? Conductant. A little dab'll do ya, isnt that right Mr. Jackson?")
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To: Morgana

This sounds like a rush to judgement...

Can’t she be given one more chance?


7 posted on 08/10/2025 9:08:42 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: nwrep

A true feminist icon. You’d think they would be rallying to her.


8 posted on 08/10/2025 9:10:45 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Morgana

come on now, it’s not even a baker’s dozen yet


9 posted on 08/10/2025 9:12:10 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: ansel12

Bwahaha! Yes. We can see the beauty oozing below the dark line. Yak.


10 posted on 08/10/2025 9:26:37 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact)
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“She said: ‘I don’t know how many I killed. Maybe it was 13 or 15 people. I don’t remember exactly.’”

In the trailer for Spinal Tap II, the band is recruiting a drummer. They assure him that they have only had 11 or 12 drummers die. They settle on 11 (naturally). This story brought this to mind.


11 posted on 08/10/2025 9:30:01 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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...industrial alcohol...

That'll put some lead in yer pencil.

12 posted on 08/10/2025 9:36:20 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: nwrep

She’s hot!


13 posted on 08/10/2025 9:42:08 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: nwrep

Bette Davis Eyes?


14 posted on 08/10/2025 9:45:55 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Morgana

Did the nth (where n>1) husband not know about the 1 through n-1 husbands?


15 posted on 08/10/2025 9:53:27 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: Morgana

Never ever admit to anything. Ever.


16 posted on 08/10/2025 9:55:33 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Morgana

You would think, there would be suspicion after SIX dead husbands. Eleven?


17 posted on 08/10/2025 10:00:25 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Morgana

Maybe women in Iran will follow her lead


18 posted on 08/10/2025 10:01:06 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Morgana

Back when Homer_Simpson was running the WW-II thread on FR, there was a thread about a woman marrying multiple servicemen and being assigned beneficiary prior to their boarding ship.


19 posted on 08/10/2025 10:14:34 AM PDT by fso301
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To: posterchild

Islam allows 4 wives.


20 posted on 08/10/2025 10:22:57 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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