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 - Noor-Mohammad Asgari executed in Nahavand on October 20
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IRAN - Alireza Razaghi and Bahman Soltani executed in Hamedan on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Taybad on October 20
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IRAN - Mehdi Hamzeipour executed in Qom on October 19
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IRAN - Ayoub Vali executed in Borazjan on October 19
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IRAN - Samad Azizi and Moslem Soleimani Dehkordi executed in Shahr-e Kord on October 19
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IRAN - Kamran Amini executed in Khorramabad on October 18
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IRAN - Farshad Sanaei executed in Khorramabad on October 18
OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Naeimi executed in Qom on October 18
A nuclear engineer charged with espionage
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IRAN - Sadegh Nik-Ravesh (Sadegh Nikroush) executed in Qom on October 18
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IRAN - Reza Yousefi executed in Qom on October 16
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IRAN - Mohammadreza Cheraghi executed in Shahroud on October 16
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Against the escalating wave of executions
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IRAN - Mohammad Naeimi executed in Ahvaz on October 15
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