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.
Latest news
NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Souri executed in Dorud on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Shateri executed in Isfahan on November 10
NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Birjand on November 10
Abdolkarim Sasouli, Nourkhoda Ahmadi + 2
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Neyshabur on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahab Nazemi executed in Bojnourd on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Zeidi executed in Zanjan on November 10
NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahriar … + 1 executed in Qazvin on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - … Ghasemi executed in Damghan on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Nemati executed in Jiroft on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Noushad Mousavi executed in Chabahar on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolrahman Mehrbani executed in Gorgan on November 10
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Goodarzi executed in Borujerd on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Urmia on November 9
Mohammadreza Badavi, Reza Molaei, and Mehdi Jafarzadeh
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Namazi executed in Karaj on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vali Karam Dastar executed in Nahavand on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Naderi executed in Andimeshk on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Over 1,500 executions since the beginning of 2025
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - … Beyranvand executed in Qom on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Amini executed in Tabriz on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehran Hosseinpanah executed in Arak on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Hosseini executed in Urmia on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arzhang Nabavi executed in Maragheh on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on November 9
Morad Ali Ganji, Ali Ataei, and Naser Molaveli
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Hajizadeh executed in Semnan on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farid Emami executed in Khaf on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nima Omidi Khas executed in Bam on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morad Beig Torki executed in Kashan on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehran Hosseinpanah and Ahmad Sajjadi executed in Arak on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farid Emami + 1 executed in Khaf on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Tajik + 1 executed in Taybad on November 9