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 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Bekrzadeh Sentenced to Death for the Third Time
On charges of “espionage for Israel"
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- FEBRUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Day 40 of the Protests: 6,941 confirmed deaths, 11,630 under review
Domestic Reactions, Continued Arrests, and Forced Confessions
FEBRUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - First physical archive of the 2026 massacre presented at a Brussels exhibition
By Hengaw and Mala Kurdî
- FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seven Gurji ethnic people killed in protests identified
Hananeh Azizi, Mohammad Hassan Ashrafi, Masoud Youseyliani, Mohammad Sepiani, Esmail Aslani, Javad Heydari, Reza Karimi
- FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 15 people hanged on February 4
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Day 39 of the Nationwide Protests: 6,883 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
A Lawmaker’s Remarks on the Suppression of Protests
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM Report on 153 minors killed
Extrajudicial Killing during the January 2026 Uprising
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 people executed in recent days
Iraj Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Shahabi, Hassan Alaeibakhsh, Ali Mohammadpour, Mohammad Javad Namdari, Hashem Abbas
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 38° day of protests: 6,872 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Gorgan on February 3
Naser Shahmoradi, Ahmad Borhani
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 15 people executed on February 3
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Medical Staff Testimonies on Killing of Protesters in Hospitals
IHR Calls for an Independent WHO Investigation
FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 339 executions in January
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 37th day of protests: 6,854 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under investigation
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed in Lahijan from October to December of 2025
Ghorban Rashidi, Kourosh Zamani, Kianoush Rostami, Payam Nouri, Omid Hatami, Samir Ajamloo, Iman Nejati
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report: Death of Sina Ashgbousi, 16
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 men executed in Qaemshahr from October 2025 to January 2026
Shahab Karami, Nemat Mehraban, Yousef Eini, Azim Nourzad, Noushad Alipour, Meysam Rafiei, Jaber Mohammadi, Shahrouz Hosseini
FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The killing of Fatemeh Nasiri and Zahra Jafari
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 men hanged on February 2
FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 36th day of protests: 6,842 confirmed deaths, 11,280 under review
Government Releases List of Names and State TV Insults Those Killed
FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran releases names of 2,986 killed in unrest
- FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 people executed on February 1
Shahriar Farahani, Manoochehr Mehrabi, Nasser Hosseini, Behrouz Hazrati, Fardin Kalami, Mohammadali Moridan, Amin Nasiri, Sajjad Dousti, Peyman Shiri, Hekmat Daryaei, Mostafa Minavand
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 35th day of protests (b): 6,713 confirmed deaths, 17,091 under review
Pressure on Medical Staff and Lawyers, Continued Arrests
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 11 lawyers arrested
- JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 men executed on January 31
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 2 men executed in Isfahan on January 31
Mahnaz Roshani (W), Mehrdad Siahi, Aref Hashemi
- JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A physician couple arrested for treating protesters
Masoud Ebadifard Azari and Parisa Porkar
JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 34th day of protests: 6,563 confirmed deaths, 17,091 under review
JANUARY 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 14 Lors killed during protests
In Nurabad between January 8 and 10, 2026