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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FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: 16-Year-Old Amir Ali Ghanbarzadeh Shot Dead Minutes After Joining Protest
FEBRUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Execution of At Least Twelve People on February 25
Kianoush Monavari, Ghader Mohammadi, Nariman Zangeneh, Ali Asghar Oladi, … Shateri, Mostafa Kamali, Aysan Rostami, Jahan Azadi, Farshid Ghasemi, Taher Yousefi, Hamid Tajik, Adel Fereshteh
FEBRUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim accounts: Keyvan Amiri, Bullet Wound and Stab Injury
- FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The 109th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seven minors arrested in five cities
Mohammadreza Asadi, Mohammad Javad Zeinivand, Mohammad Piri, Ali Zeinivandi, Masih Inalouei, Diana Taherabadi, Taha Ali Mirzaei
FEBRUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN -Two Kurdish political prisoners, Mohammad Faraji and Raouf Sheikh Maroufi, sentenced to death
Arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) protests
- FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nationwide Protests: Mohammad Abbasi Sentenced to Death, His Daughter to 25 Years in Prison
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protests: 19-year-old Mohammad Amin Biglari sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report: The Crimson Winter
A 50 Day Record of 2025–2026 Protests
FEBRUARY 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 10 men executed on February 23
- FEBRUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four women arrested
Shavar Karimzadeh, Farzaneh Fasihi, Saba Ahmadi, Fariba Ghahremani
FEBRUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nirvana Torbatinezhad and her mother, Roqiyeh Amirkhani, arrested during a 40th day commemoration
FEBRUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Rasoulzadeh executed in Semnan on February 22
- FEBRUARY 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Javad Masoumi executed in Ardabil on February 22
FEBRUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 19 people arrested for participating in 40th day commemorations
Lors in Khuzestan Province
FEBRUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: 17-Year-Old Bahareh Shahmehri Shot Dead by Sniper
- FEBRUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 men executed on February 21
FEBRUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Ghaeni executed in Qom on February 21
FEBRUARY 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - British Nationals Craig and Lindsay Foreman Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
FEBRUARY 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Poreki killed under torture
FEBRUARY 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Nighttime Burial of Mohammad Ranjbar Hosseinabadi
FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massive 40th-Day Gatherings Across Iran Challenge the Regime
FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 26 Protesters Sentenced to Death, Hundreds More at Risk
FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Narouei executed in Sarakhs February 19
- FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution of 8 Prisoners on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Zarei executed in Torbat-e Heydarieh on February 19
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - More protests
On the occasion of traditional commemorations 40 days after the death
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Amiri and Shahrbanou Beykramiani could be deported from Turkey to Iran.
Turkey has a troubling tradition of collaboration with Iran.
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 40-Day Mourning Ceremonies Spark Renewed Protests
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Mohammad Rahmati’s Father Forced to Blame “Terrorists” for His Son’s Killing