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 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahin Rashidi executed in Shiraz on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 4 men executed in Shiraz on December 17
Mahin Rashidi, Abbas Alami, Naser Faraji, Tohid Barzegar and Jamshid Amirfazli
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IRAN - Arsalan Arab executed in Dezful on December 16
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IRAN - Keyhan Abbasi executed in Borazjan on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Seyed Mohammad-Javad Vafaie Upheld by the Supreme Court
His request for retrial was rejected
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Keyhan Abbasi executed in Borazjan on December 16
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IRAN - Nejat Rajabi executed in Jiroft on December 16
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IRAN - Ali Mohammad Roshanfekr executed in Sheiban on December 16
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IRAN - Jassem Saqqaei and Khaleq Zolfaghari executed in Yazd on December 16
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IRAN - Qobad Fathollahi executed in Ilam on December 16
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IRAN - Ata Shahsavari executed in Khaf on December 16
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IRAN - Yazdan Mohammadi-Khani executed in Bam on December 16
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IRAN - Mahmoud Din-Mohammadi executed in Birjand on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Keyumars Qobadi executed in Ilam on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Yazd on December 14 or 16
Jasem Seghaei, Khalegh Zolfaghari + 1
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashkan Rasouli executed in Ferdows on December 16
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IRAN - Kambiz Dirbaziyan executed in Esfarayen on December 16
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IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Rasht on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alimohammad Roshanfekr executed in Ahvaz on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Marmazi executed in Ahvaz on December 16
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maziar Falahati executed in Neyshabur on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amirhossein Rasouli executed in Saveh on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Update on Arrests at Khosrow Alikordi’s Seventh-Day Memorial
Narges Mohammadi and others
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Sheikhi executed in Isfahan on December 15
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IRAN - Zahed Eslami executed in Kashan on December 15
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IRAN - Ehsan Nadimi and Reza Shokouri executed in Rasht on December 15
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IRAN - … Khorami executed in Zanjan on December 15
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IRAN - Ghanbar Safari executed in Dorud on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heidar Amiri executed in Sabzevar on December 15