Iran
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 869
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 2,156
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The 1999 figures for capital sentences and executions...
- News items in the archive
- 8,610
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Iran is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 869 executions in the country, against 2,156 the year before. The archive holds 8,610 news items on Iran, from 1999 to today.
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FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament adopts resolution condemning Iran
Almost unanimously
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Jafari died in custody
22, arrested a few days before
FEBRUARY 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 46 of the Protests: 7,002 confirmed deaths, 11,730 under investigation
Conditional Releases, Arrest of Teachers, and European Parliament Session
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 107th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taha Shirazad and Kazem Farajinejad executed in Sari on February 10
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on day 45 of the protests: 6,984 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under review
Nighttime Chants and Intensified Police Presence
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 men executed
Mohammadkaram Jafari, Hadi Momeni, Shahriyar Veysi, Mokhtar Ataei, Bahram Chamani, Biouk Namvarzad, Farhad Karimzadeh
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: The Case of Mohammad Jamshidi's Unregistered Body
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 18 people hanged on February 10
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadshah Rashidi and Ali Davtalab executed at Gezel Hesar on February 10
- FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 20 men executed on February 8 and 9
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahla Dowlatabadi, a woman, executed in Kerman on February 9
6th woman executed this year
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 44 of Protests: 6,964 confirmed deaths, 11,730 under review
Student Gatherings, Warning from the Head of the Judiciary, and the Continuation of Arrests
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Milad Mianekhah Monfardi
Protester Whose Killing Authorities Falsely Attributed to Drugs
- FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 19 more executions on February 9
10 have already been reported. That makes a total of 29.
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Amini executed in Neyshabur on February 9
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alarm over systematic sexual torture and summary courts against protesters
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Firouz Mohammadi Executed in Khorramabad on February 8
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN- Victim Accounts: Habib Khoobipour, a 47-year-old civil activist killed by live ammunition
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 43 of the Protests: 6,961 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under review
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Ghezel Hesar
Ahmad Heydari, Farhad Heydari, Saeed Malekian, Amirhossein Mayeli, Ahmad Farhad Heydari
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Narges Mohammadi sentenced to seven and a half years
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights activist
- FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on Day 42 of the Protests: 6,961 confirmed deaths, 11,630 under review
- FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Victim Accounts: Why Mahsa Dezfulian’s Family Kept Her Body at Home Overnight
- FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 13 men executed on February 7
Ali Faza Khoshneshin, Farshad Sheikhi, Avin Sorkhi, Jafar Faryadi, Ali Sarlakabad, Sosha Moradi, Behzad Mashayekhi, Mohammad Ali Saeedloo, Morad Goli, Abolfazl Naqvi + 3
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 100.000 Iranian exiles demonstrated in Berlin
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mirdar executed in Gorgan on February 7
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Babak Amraei and Mohammadghasem Amraei executed in Khorramabad on February 7
- FEBRUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Victim Accounts: Milad Gholami, Protester Whose Body Was Found After One Week