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 - Younes Zamani executed in Taybad on October 29
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IRAN - Hossein Ekhlaspour executed in Baft on October 29
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Human rights defender
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Mashhad on October 29
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IRAN - Ahmad-Reza Sharifi + 1 executed in Kerman on October 29
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IRAN - Mohammad Toghdari executed in Gonbad on October 29
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IRAN - 6 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 29
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IRAN - Majid Shahpasandi executed in Zanjan on October 29
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IRAN - Majid Shahpasandi was executed in Zanjan on October 29
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IRAN - Hooman Azadi executed in Kermanshah on October 29
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OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Ahvaz on October 28
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IRAN - Saeed Hadadian executed in Gorgan on October 28
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IRAN - 3 men executed in Sari on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Safari executed in Bojnourd on October 28
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IRAN - Hamid Babaei executed in Sanandaj on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Hossein Zeynal executed in Bojnurd on October 28
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IRAN - Mahmoud Saei executed in Yasuj on October 28
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IRAN - Overturned the death sentences of 5 political prisoners
Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, Pejman Soltani, Ali (Soran) Ghasemi, Kaveh Salehi, and Teyfour Salimi Babamiri
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IRAN - Mostafa Afshar executed in Malayer on October 27
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IRAN - Hamid Rafiei executed in Zanjan on October 27
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IRAN - Hesam Bastami executed in Borujerd on October 27
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IRAN - Saeed Arabian executed in Yazd on October 27
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IRAN - Fereydoun Lotfi executed in Yasuj on October 27