Assassination of Yanar Mohammed: A Profound Loss for Women’s Freedom and Justice

Assassination of Yanar Mohammed: A Profound Loss for Women’s Freedom and Justice

Yanar Mohammed a female campaigner for women’s equality has been assassinated in Baghdad Today at 9:AM (2 March 2026) Iraqi time.

Comrade Yanar Mohammed was taken from us too early, leaving behind shocked and grieving friends and comrades.

Yanar Mohammed, the president of the organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq(OWFI) and a member of the central committee of the Communist Alternative Organisation, was seriously wounded by two motorcycle terrorists, in front of her residence. Tragically shortly after arriving at hospital she died of her injuries.

Yanar Mohammed, a prominent activist of the women’s equality movement, the president of the Women’s Freedom Organization and an active communist activist, worked with the Communist Alternative Organization. The assassination of Yanar Mohammed is a great loss to the women’s equality movement and the communist movement.

On this sad occasion, we at the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees -IFIR strongly condemn this terror act and call on the Iraqi government to find the suspects and bringing them to justice. At this sad time we offer our solidarity and condolences to Yaner’s family and all women’ rights defenders across the world.

The name of Comrade Yanar Mohammed will remain alive in the hearts of the freedom fighters of the region.

International Federation of Iraqi refugees-IFIR

2March2026