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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IRAN - Houshang Hashemzadeh executed in Sari on November 22
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IRAN - Jasem Aghaei executed in Karaj on November 22
- NOVEMBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rastin Baharvand executed in Khorramabad on November 22
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IRAN - Yaser Abdoli and Yawar Hasali executed in Kermanshah on November 22
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IRAN - Mohammad Tajik executed in Taybad on November 22
- NOVEMBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Moradi executed in Sari on November 22
NOVEMBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sasan Misaghi executed in Yasuj on November 22
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IRAN - Peyman Alizadeh executed in Bandar Abbas on November 22
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IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Hamedan on November 22
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IRAN - Ayoub Zeidi executed in Tabriz on November 22
NOVEMBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghasem Sarlak executed in Aligudarz on November 22
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- NOVEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mozafar Abdolvand executed in Dorud on November 20
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IRAN - Mobin Ramazani and Hassan Shokat executed in Yazd on November 20
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IRAN - Nemat Majidzadeh and Mehran Darabian executed in Semnan on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahan Sheikhi executed in Saveh on November 20
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IRAN - Erfan Azadi executed in Kashmar on November 20
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 72nd UN Resolution Condemns Grave Human Rights Violations in Iran
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadkarim Bastami executed in Quchan on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Nosrati and Mansour Dirin executed in Shiraz on November 19
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IRAN - Mohammadreza Hosseini executed in Ilam on November 19
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IRAN - Akbar Zamani executed in Shahr-e Kord on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Fakhraie and Ne’mat Shamloo executed in Mashhad on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fardin Khani executed in Behbahan on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Azizi executed in Kermanshah on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on November 19
Hooshang Norouzi, Javad Sadeghi + 1
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Naser Haseli executed in Ahvaz on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Erfan Azadi executed in Kashmar on November 19