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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- JULY 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A young man was sentenced to execution in the Iranian...
A young man was sentenced to execution in the Iranian capital Tehran
- JULY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's...
Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's issues, defended the practice of stoning women to death for the crime of adultery, saying the punishment is correct under Islamic sharia law and protects the institution of the family
- JULY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's...
Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's issues, defended the practice of stoning women to death for the crime of adultery, saying the punishment is correct under Islamic sharia law and protects the institution of the family
- JULY 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Reza P
Reza P
- JULY 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Iranian capital Tehran passed a death...
A court in the Iranian capital Tehran passed a death sentence on Farhad Rahmanpour
- JULY 4, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Shahram was condemned to die by a court in Tehran
Shahram was condemned to die by a court in Tehran
- JULY 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted armed robbers were hanged in public in...
Two convicted armed robbers were hanged in public in the central Isfahan city
- JULY 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali A
Mohammad Ali A
- JULY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Tehran court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi,...
An Tehran court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi, Kamran Razaghi and Hamdollah Zaheri - to death
- JULY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were condemned to death in Mashdad, an Iranian...
Two men were condemned to death in Mashdad, an Iranian newspaper reported
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged inside a prison in Karaj, near Tehran,...
A man was hanged inside a prison in Karaj, near Tehran, for murder
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Police Commander in Khorasan Province Brig-Gen Eskandar...
Police Commander in Khorasan Province Brig-Gen Eskandar Mo'meni said that the police have seized five tons of narcotics in the first quarter of the Iranian year which started 21 March
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two executions were carried out in different Iranian cities
Two executions were carried out in different Iranian cities
- JUNE 29, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four people, Saeid, Siamak, Babak and an unidentified...
Four people, Saeid, Siamak, Babak and an unidentified man were sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Ali was hanged in jail in Mashdad, Iran
Abbas Ali was hanged in jail in Mashdad, Iran
- JUNE 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced Hamid Allah Assadzadeh to execution
A Tehran court sentenced Hamid Allah Assadzadeh to execution
- JUNE 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court condemned an Afghan national identified...
An Iranian court condemned an Afghan national identified as Mahmoud to death
- JUNE 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman identified only as Ashraf was condemned to...
A woman identified only as Ashraf was condemned to death by stoning in Iran
- JUNE 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers - Davood Nazari, Akbar Alinejad,...
Four convicted murderers - Davood Nazari, Akbar Alinejad, Saeid Massoumi and Mohammed Lashgari - were hanged inside a prison in the capital city Tehran
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Zahra E
Zahra E
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Politicians and pilots in Norway denounced a ruling...
Politicians and pilots in Norway denounced a ruling that gave asylum to two grenade-wielding Iranian hijackers who forced a plane to divert to Oslo in 1993
- JUNE 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian identified as Majid was sentenced to execution
An Iranian identified as Majid was sentenced to execution
- JUNE 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Siavosh was hanged in jail in Shahr Rey, Iran
Siavosh was hanged in jail in Shahr Rey, Iran
- JUNE 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer -identified as Mostafa R
A convicted murderer -identified as Mostafa R
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any trade agreement between the European Union and Iran would have to include provisions on human rights and the global fight against terrorism
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said that any trade agreement between the European Union and Iran would have to include provisions on human rights and the global fight against terrorism
- JUNE 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in...
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in a prison in the northeatern holy city of Mashhad, the daily Qods said