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 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farshid Karami was executed in Damghan on December 2
- DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Malek Gerayi was executed in Ilam on December 2
- DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Kazazi was executed in Shiraz on December 2
- DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esfandiar Zakipour executed in Quchan on December 2
- DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Reza Shah-Mohammadi was executed in Zanjan on December 2
- DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aziz Sheikhi executed in Ferdows on December 2
DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on December 2
Bahram Ajdari, Hamed Kazazi, Ali Shokrzadeh and Parsa Saedi
DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Zakiri executed in public in Borazjan on December 2
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Panahi sentenced to one year in prison and additional penalties
Palme d'Or at Cannes 2025
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sepehr Goodarzi executed in Bojnourd on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Zamani executed in Dorud on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bandar Abbas on December 1
DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tayeb Minayi executed in Ahvaz on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nourkhoda Karami executed in Qom on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Souri executed in Shahr-e Kord on December 1
DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bandar Abbas on December 1
DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 260 persons were executed in Iran during November 2025
According to Hands off Cain, executions were at least 324
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyed Ali Hajipour executed in Taybad on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Barahouyi and Mehrdad Aspid executed in Isfahan on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Tabriz on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Tabrizi executed in Mahabad on December 1
NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Nadi executed in Arak on November 30
- NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Hossein Rashidian executed in Saveh on November 30
NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Jalali executed in Kerman on November 30
- NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yashar Sadeghi executed in Bukan on November 30
- NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kazem Mo’tamedi executed in Dezful on November 30
- NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Parviz Rigi executed in Zahedan on November 30
- NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sepehr Goodarzi executed in Borujerd on November 30
- NOVEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arman Niri + 1 executed in Karaj on November 29
- NOVEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadkarim Moradi executed in Kermanshah on November 29