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.
Latest news
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand on December 9
Ramezan Deldadeh, Behzad Mazarzehi, Ali Barahouyi, Mirzakhan Basati + 2
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 98th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Christian converts sentenced to prison terms
Aida Najaflou, Lida Aleksani, Joseph Shahbazian, Naser Navard Goltapeh + 1
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Jadidi executed in Ahvaz on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahmorad Abdi executed in Ilam on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Ghasemi executed in Borazjan on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Emad Rashidi executed in Jiroft on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghanbar Eslami executed in Khaf on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalil Shahsavari executed in Yazd on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kermali Farhadi executed in Bam on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goli Koohkan has been saved
Thanks to an international fundraising campaign
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Nazaran executed in Quchan on December 9
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad-Baqer Souri + 1 executed in Isfahan on December 8
HoC already reported the execution of Souri
DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Execution of Women in Iran Soars: 70% Increase in 2 Year
By the end of November 2025, over 1,800 people had been executed, including at least 57 women
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sultan Morad Bahmani executed in Kerman on December 8
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on December 8
Mohammad Soori, Shahram Mirzadeh, Fardin Rezaei and Habib Faridi
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sattar Zahedifar executed in Gonabad on December 8
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esfandiar Razzaqi executed in Esfarayen on December 8
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Bahmani executed in Nishapur on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Hosseini executed in Gorgan on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Masoud Ehsani executed in Bandar Abbas on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Baqer Souri executed in Kerman on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahram Mousavi executed in Dorud on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Mirzakhani executed in Semnan on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nouraddin Asgari executed in Arak on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nima Karami executed in Isfahan on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Rastegari executed in Gorgan on December 7
DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Raoufi executed in Kashan on December 7
DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ghaffari executed on December 7
The primary defendant in a major economic case
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshid Jafarzadeh and Mehdi Rajabali Zadeh executed in Rasht on December 7