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
- 9,142
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 9,142 news items on Iran, from 1999 to today.
Iran is one of the countries where the association records the highest number of executions each year. The usual method is hanging, and capital punishment applies to a wide list of offences: murder, drug offences, offences against state security, sexual offences, and charges such as moharebeh, enmity against God, which allow very broad application.
Many executions are never announced. They emerge from local sources, from human rights organisations and from families. For Iran, more than anywhere else, the archive's count is a documented minimum.
Latest news
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 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 PENALTYIRAN - Total Executions in 2025 Reach 2,038
According to Ncr-iran
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Moqaddam and Farhad Valadbeigi executed in Qazvin on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shirzad Farhangi executed in Gonabad on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arian Jokar executed in Quchan on December 17
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
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Arab executed in Dezful on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
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
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nejat Rajabi executed in Jiroft on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammad Roshanfekr executed in Sheiban on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jassem Saqqaei and Khaleq Zolfaghari executed in Yazd on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Qobad Fathollahi executed in Ilam on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ata Shahsavari executed in Khaf on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yazdan Mohammadi-Khani executed in Bam on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
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 PENALTY
IRAN - 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
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kambiz Dirbaziyan executed in Esfarayen on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Rasht on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alimohammad Roshanfekr executed in Ahvaz on December 16