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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DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Dezful on December 20
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ariyo Niazi Vahdat executed in Kermanshah on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karam Reza Karami executed in Bojnurd on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On 17 December, Iran reached and exceeded 2,000 hangings since the beginning of 2025
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Adopts Resolution Condemning Human Rights Violations in Iran
Document A/C.3/80/L.30
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Shirzadi executed in Malayer on December 18
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Torkaman giustiziato a Bukan il 18 dicembre
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Taybad on December 18
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Farahmand and Rasoul Shahi executed in Zanjan on December 18
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Osman Ahmadi executed in Mahabad on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Razieh Abbasi executed in Ghezel-Hesar on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Farahmand executed in Chabahar on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Azizi executed in Malayer on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Karamkhoda Yari executed in Sabzevar on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Baghlani executed in Bushehr on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Parviz Shabani executed in Mashhad on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Tajik executed in Shiraz on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaroli Azimi executed in Kashmar on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrshad Askari executed in Damghan on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Ghorbani executed in Mahshahr on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Hedayati executed in Aligudarz on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Soltani and Naser Ayoubi executed in Tabriz on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kazem Taheri executed in Behbahan on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Falhati executed in Sari on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identified one of the two men executed in Ghezel Hesar on 17 December: Hassan Farahani
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Papi executed in Shahrekord on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Total Executions in 2025 Reach 2,038
According to Ncr-iran
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Moqaddam and Farhad Valadbeigi executed in Qazvin on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shirzad Farhangi executed in Gonabad on December 17