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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NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yusef Abadipour executed in Bushehr on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Khani executed in Yasuj on November 19
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IRAN - Shahrokh Sattari executed in Ardabil on November 19
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IRAN - Hamidreza Pirhadi executed in Borujerd on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianoush Shadman executed in Rasht on November 19
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IRAN - The 95th Week of the “Tuesdays Against Executions” Campaign
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IRAN - Mohammadjavad Rashidi executed in Bojnurd on November 18
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IRAN - 3 men executed in Esfarayen on November 18
Armin Shokri + 2
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IRAN - Saeed Jokar and Mohammad Javad Rashidi executed in Birjand on November 18
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IRAN - Hossein Farmani and Aria Saeedi executed in Maragheh on November 18
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IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on November 18
Yadollah Kazemi, Mehrdad Alivand, and Jalil Maghanlou
NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Another Iranian–American Imprisoned: Afarin Mohajer
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IRAN - Akbar Faraji + 1 executed in Isfahan on November 18
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IRAN - Farshid Jamiari executed in Qazvin on November 18
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IRAN - Samad Haqverdi executed in Borazjan on November 18
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IRAN - Heydar Tahmasbi executed in Mahshahr on November 18
NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on November 18
Karvan Abdolaziz, Yahya Karami, Saman Abbasi, Akbar Faraji, Moslem Naderi
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IRAN - Yahya Karami and Akbar Faraji executed in Isfahan on November 18
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on November 17
Omid Farokhnezhad, Jahangir Hessari, Asad Pirbab
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IRAN - Amir Goodarzi executed in Dorud on November 17
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IRAN - Hamzeh Soltanpanah executed in Bukan on November 17
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IRAN - Alireza Keshavarz executed in Sabzevar on November 17
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IRAN - Reza Kamayi executed in Ahvaz on November 17
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IRAN - Javad Sattari + 1 executed in Taybad on November 17
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IRAN - Behzad Hasani executed in Gorgan on November 17
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IRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on November 17
Alimardan Barani + 3
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Farkhnezhad executed in Zanjan on November 17
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IRAN - Khodakaram Mardani executed in Malayer on November 17
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IRAN - Nima Goodarzi executed in Dorud on November 17