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 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Mashhad on November 4
Rasoul Kahzadi, Majid Sh. + 1
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IRAN - 1 woman, 6 men executed in Yazd on November 4
Kobra Rezayi, Rasoul Karimi, Farzad Hosseini + 4
- NOVEMBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Kashan on November 4
NOVEMBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Kamangar executed in Qazvin on November 4
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IRAN - Erfan Qalavand executed in Nishabur on November 4
NOVEMBER 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goli Kouhkan, married at 12, will be executed for killing her husband unless she finds €90,000
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IRAN - Yashar Jabari executed in Zanjan on November 3
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IRAN - Yousef Khani executed in Semnan on November 3
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IRAN - Varahmad Azizi executed in Birjand on November 3
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IRAN - Ali (Yaser) Madadi and Homayoun Jabari executed in Rasht on November 3
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IRAN - Soheil Yousefi and Hojjat Abdollahnejad executed in Shiraz on November 3
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IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Minab on November 3
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IRAN - Arman Solgi executed in Borujerd on November 3
- NOVEMBER 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arian Gerayi executed in Jiroft on November 3
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IRAN - Abbas Sad-Kharvi executed in Sabzevar on November 2
- NOVEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Elias Rahimpour and Ali Shabani executed in Qom on November 2
NOVEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Mehdipour + 1 executed in Arak on November 2
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IRAN - Ashkan Mirali executed in Dezful on November 2
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IRAN - Mohammad Ali Golmohammadi executed in Malayer on November 2
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IRAN - Khodayar … executed in Taybad on November 2
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IRAN - Saeed Moghanlou + 1 executed in Tabriz on November 2
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IRAN - Mohsen Yarbigy executed in Karaj on November 2
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IRAN - Abbas Hajiani executed in Sabzevar on November 2
NOVEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Elyas Rahimpour and Ali Shabani executed in Qom on November 2
NOVEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 241 executed across Iran in October 2025, according to Hengaw
278 according to the count made by HoC
NOVEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mitra Zamani executed in Khorramabad on November 1
47th woman executed in Iran in 2025
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IRAN - Hashem Mardani executed in Bojnurd on November 1
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran "may be held accountable for crimes against humanity"
UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI)
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Naser Bekrzadeh Overturned
Political prisoner charged of espionage for Israel