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 - Samad Seyed Hosseini executed in Yasuj on August 27
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IRAN - Sajad Qolizadeh executed in Sanandaj on August 27
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IRAN - Milad Mohammadsalihi executed in Shiraz on August 27
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In Kordkuy, Golestan
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IRAN - Man hanged in public on August 21 identified as Taghi Damghani
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One day after her husband’s public execution
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