diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_futures.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_futures.py
index 9385a65e52813e..d56c2201d90ba2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_futures.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_futures.py
@@ -755,6 +755,16 @@ def test_future_disallow_multiple_initialization(self):
         with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, msg="is already initialized"):
             f.__init__(loop=self.loop)
 
+    def test_futureiter_send_after_throw_no_crash(self):
+        fut = self._new_future(loop=self.loop)
+        it = fut.__await__()
+        next(it)
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            it.throw(RuntimeError)
+        with self.assertRaises(StopIteration):
+            it.send(None)
+
+
 @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(futures, '_CFuture'),
                      'requires the C _asyncio module')
 class CFutureTests(BaseFutureTests, test_utils.TestCase):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-23-00-04-13.gh-issue-146065.FIdn8D.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-23-00-04-13.gh-issue-146065.FIdn8D.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c30032cd3a16bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-23-00-04-13.gh-issue-146065.FIdn8D.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a NULL pointer dereference in asyncio.Future iterator when send() is
+called after throw() or close(), which previously could cause a crash.
diff --git a/Modules/_asynciomodule.c b/Modules/_asynciomodule.c
index 8eb8e191530a33..aa819ae75c217f 100644
--- a/Modules/_asynciomodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_asynciomodule.c
@@ -1872,6 +1872,11 @@ FutureIter_am_send(PyObject *op,
                    PyObject **result)
 {
     futureiterobject *it = (futureiterobject*)op;
+    if (it->future == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        *result = NULL;
+        return PYGEN_ERROR;
+    }
     /* arg is unused, see the comment on FutureIter_send for clarification */
     PySendResult res;
     Py_BEGIN_CRITICAL_SECTION(it->future);