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 - Yaser Sagvand executed in Khorramabad on August 11
860 executions in 2025
AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 2 men executed in Isfahan on August 11
Soudabeh Ghasemzadeh, Ali Mobasher, Hossein Rezaei
AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Akbari executed in Navahand on August 11
AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hosseinpour executed in Ilam on August 11
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IRAN - Issa Mortazavi and Yaser Sogan executed in Khorramabad on 11 August
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IRAN - Seyed Ahmad Navabi executed in Jiroft on August 11
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IRAN - Bahman Ijbaari executed in Birjand on August 10
AUGUST 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hesam Salari executed in Saravan on August 10
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IRAN - Kiomars Fatehi executed in Zanjan on August 10
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IRAN - Ahmadreza Torkashvand + Unk executed in Arak on August 10
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IRAN - Ahmadreza Tarkashun executed in Arak on August 10
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IRAN - Tayeb Mahmoudi executed in Ahvaz on August 9
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IRAN - Sajad Habibi executed in Kermanshah on August 9
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IRAN - Hashem Sorkh and Rahman Jahangiri executed in Yazd on August 8
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IRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on August 6
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IRAN - Ehsan Saeedi and Manouchehr Saeedi executed in Gorgan on August 6
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IRAN - Gholam Saedian and Mostafa Mirahmadi executed in Yasuj on August 6
AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan-Ali Zinizadeh executed in Tabriz on August 6
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IRAN - Omid Azizian executed in Mashhad on August 6
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IRAN - Hassan Shahverdi executed in Borujerd on August 6
AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Amoosi (Ejbaari) executed in Mashhad on August 6
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IRAN - Kamran Amraei + Unk executed in Kerman on August 6
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On charges of espionage for Israel