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
- 9,147
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 9,147 news items on Iran, from 1999 to today.
Iran is one of the countries where the association records the highest number of executions each year. The usual method is hanging, and capital punishment applies to a wide list of offences: murder, drug offences, offences against state security, sexual offences, and charges such as moharebeh, enmity against God, which allow very broad application.
Many executions are never announced. They emerge from local sources, from human rights organisations and from families. For Iran, more than anywhere else, the archive's count is a documented minimum.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Badr-Abadi executed in Malayer on Setember 29
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Rasht on September 29
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IRAN - Yaser Bakhshi executed in Semnan on September 29
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IRAN - Rasoul Nouri executed in Arak on September 28
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IRAN - Esmail Rahimi-Tabar and Ghodrat Dehqani executed in Shiraz on September 28
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IRAN - Khashayar Amiri executed in Gorgan on September 28
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IRAN - Aziz Ghorbanifar executed in Bam on September 28
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IRAN - Ali Saberi executed in Ilam on September 24, 2025
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