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 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Faramarzi executed in Neishabur on November 9
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IRAN - Peyman Ghasemi executed in Yasuj on November 8
1506 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
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IRAN - Abolfazl Sohrabi executed in Hamedan on November 8
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IRAN - Samir Bahari and Yaroli Hajizadeh executed in Kermanshah on November 8
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IRAN - Yazdan Chegini executed in Khorramabad on November 8
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IRAN - Yazdan Chegini and Amir Khaledi executed in Khorramabad on November 8
NOVEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR report: 217 persons executed in Iran in October
282 according to Hands off Cain
NOVEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shams al-Din Abbasi Kay executed in Urmia on November 7
NOVEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hawre Jahanara executed in Urmia on November 7
NOVEMBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Abdali sentenced to death
Political prisoner
- NOVEMBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - NCRI monthly report: Iran’s Regime Executed 285 in October 2025
1,471 executions in 10 months of 2025
NOVEMBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris released
Another episode in Iran's notorious ‘hostage strategy’
NOVEMBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Arman executed in Yazd on November 5, 2025
NOVEMBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Zare’ and Faez Abousheh executed in Shiraz on November 5
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IRAN - Ali Karimi executed in Kermanshah on November 5
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IRAN - Qobad Olfati executed in Ilam on November 5
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IRAN - Houshang Mohammadi executed in Esfarayen on November 5
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IRAN - Habib Zare and Salim Samadi executed in Shiraz on November 5
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IRAN - Ali Astan executed in Kermanshah on November 5
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IRAN - Ahmad Nouri executed in Borazjan on November 5
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IRAN - Baqer Abdi executed in Bandar Abbas on November 5
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IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Dorud on November 5
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IRAN - Kiumars Gholami executed in Gorgan on November 5
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IRAN - Hamed Yari executed in Esfarayen on November 5
NOVEMBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kobra Rezaei, a woman, executed in Yazd on November 4