Iran 2026
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Iran in 2026
- JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five identified among killed protesters
Hamid Arzanlou, Vahid Arzanlou, Mohammadreza Entezami, Milad Gholami, Ali Sadeghi
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Naderi and Saman Fattahi killed during protests
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 13 men executed on January 18, and 4 on January 17
167 executions since the beginning of the year
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 of a family killed in Fardis
Omid Teymourirad, Amir Teymourirad, Armin Teymourirad
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kian Manouchehri executed in Yazd on January 18
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 of the victims of the protests identified
Mehran Rafiei, Shahin Azar-Atash, Mostafa Tabrizi, Houman Sabbagh, Afshin Miyarkiani, Matin Montazerzohour, Sina Haghshenas
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of four killed protesters
Morteza Shaneh, Parsa Saffar, Hamid Mahdavi, Abbasali Ramezani
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 people killed in Tehran protests identified
Nasir Nasiri, Arsalan Ghahramani, and Omid Saeedi
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five people killed in Tehran protests identified
Hamid Arzanlou, Vahid Arzanlou, Mohammadreza Entezami, Milad Gholami, Ali Sadeghi
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of three additional protesters killed in Isfahan verified
Farzin Poostashkan Dorki, Sina Saranoush, Pedram Saeedi
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirzad Balayi and Fardin Fuladi shot dead by Iranian forces
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tiam Kiani-Manesh dies after exposure to tear gas
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Borna Dehghani, 17-year-old, killed during protests
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shayan Azadi and Qasem Vakili shot dead in Karaj and Qazvin
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 21st day of protests: 3,097 protesters killed
Islamic Republic’s Leader Acknowledges “Thousands Killed” as Internet Shutdown Continues
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Akbari killed during protests in Kermanshah
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 21st day of protests: 3,428 protesters killed
It is estimated that thousands of protesters have been killed on 8 and 9 January
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kheirullah Goljani and Kamran Manafi executed in Qazvin on January 17
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Hrana report on 20th day of protests: 3,090 deaths confirmed
Another 3,880 cases are under scrutiny
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Six more women, one pregnant, killed in Iran’s crackdown
Sholeh Sotoudeh, Sara Behboodi, Ziba Dastjerdi, Zahra Bagheri, Sanam Pourbabayi, Aida Aghili
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seven more minors killed in Iran protests
Amir Mohammad Arbabpouri, Melina Asadi, Sam Afshari, Abolfazl Heydari-Moslou, Mohammad Ghasem-Rousta, Mehrab Golestani, Amir Salar Bahmaninejad
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of six more people killed in Tehran protests verified
Behnam Darvish, Mehrdad Yaghoubi Mehr, Ali Behroozdoust, Hossein Naseri, Masoud Bolourchi, Ahmad Abbasi
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 10 men killed during protests identified
Aria Alidoust, Fardin Ghanbari, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Meysam Yaghoubi, Mohammad Honarkhah, Behzad Shafiei, as well as Meysam Khazini, Yadollah Heydari, Seyed Abolfazl Kia, Saeed Golsorkhi
- JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Family of 3 killed in Karaj on January 9
Bijan Mostafavi, Zahra Bani-Amerian, Danial Mostafavi
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 20th day of protests: 3,428 protester killed
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 52 executions between January 5 to 14
On murder and drug charges
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 46 NGOs urge UN Rights Council to hold emergency session
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirwan Aminpour, political asylum seeker, arrested in Norway and faces deportation to Iran
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soran Feyzizadeh killed under torture in Bijar
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 women killed during protests identified
Semin Rostami, Samaneh Mirzaei, Shabnam Ferdowsi, Zahra Fazeli