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IRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED OVER KILLING OF BASRA ANTI-CRIME OFFICER

IRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST THE ‘ANFAL EXECUTIONER’ AL-TIKRITI UPHELD

IRAQ: ISIS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK ON SECURITY FORCES

Iraq’s Central Criminal Court on April 14, 2026 sentenced an ISIS member to death

IRAQ: 11 ISIS MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLOTTING ATTACKS ON STATE

Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced 11 members of an ISIS cell to death on April 7, 2026 for plotting attacks on state institutions.

IRAQ: BAGHDAD COURT MANDATES DEATH FOR FIVE DRUG TRAFFICKERS

An Iraqi court has sentenced five drug traffickers to death after convicting them of possessing large quantities of narcotics, the Supreme Judicial Council revealed on April 15, 2026.

IRAQ: ALLEGED ISIS DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM SYRIA AT RISK OF ABUSE

The United States transferred 5,700 detainees held for alleged ISIS affiliation from Northeast Syria to Iraq, where they are at risk of enforced disappearance, unfair trials, torture, ill-treatment, and violations of the right to life, Human Rights Watch

IRAQ EXECUTES FORMER SENIOR OFFICER UNDER SADDAM FOR 1980 KILLING OF SHIA CLERIC

Iraq announced on February 9, 2026 that a high-level security officer during the rule of Saddam Hussein had been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shia cleric.    

IRAQ: THREE DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

A court in Baghdad sentenced three alleged drug dealers to death after they were found in possession of 18 kilograms of narcotics, The New Region reported on November 30, 2025.

IRAQ: EX-OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DEADLY OFFICE CLASH

An Iraqi court sentenced the former director of Baghdad’s Agriculture Department to death for his role in armed clashes that killed a security officer and a civilian, leaving others wounded, the Supreme Judicial Council said on November 25, 2025.

IRAQ: TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

An Iraqi court on November 3, 2025 sentenced two convicted drug traffickers to death, after they were caught in possession of 102 kilograms of Captagon and an additional 96 kilograms of hashish.

IRAQ COURT DELIVERS DEATH, PRISON SENTENCES IN TERRORISM CASES

The Al-Karkh Criminal Court on September 16, 2025 sentenced a defendant to death for killing five people in Al-Anbar province, the Iraqi judiciary announced.

IRAQ: CRIMINAL COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO OVER EXECUTION OF TOP CLERIC SADR

An Iraqi criminal court on June 30, 2025 sentenced two men to death for involvement in the execution of prominent Shia cleric Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister during the brutal crackdown of former dictator Saddam Hussein on religious dissent.

IRAQ: DEATH AND LIFE SENTENCES ISSUED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

A court in Najaf, southern Iraq, on June 22, 2025 handed down death and life sentences to four individuals convicted of drug trafficking.

IRAQ’S JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS PRISONS ARE AT DOUBLE CAPACITY AS AMNESTY LAW TAKES EFFECT

As a general amnesty law takes effect in Iraq, the country’s prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding, housing more than double their intended capacity, the country’s justice minister said in an interview on May 3, 2025.

IRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

The Central Criminal Court on April 8, 2025 sentenced a drug dealer to death for the crime of trafficking in narcotic substances.

IRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Basra Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a drug dealer on February 25, 2025.

IRAQ: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council announced that the Central Criminal Court has sentenced nine Iraqi drug traffickers to death after convicting them of smuggling and distributing illicit substances across the country, Kurdistan24 reported on January 29, 202

IRAQ: ISIS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT

The Saladin Criminal Court on October 28, 2024 issued three sentences against a "terrorist" affiliated with ISIS, including two death sentences and one life imprisonment.

IRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO ISIS MEMBERS

The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council on October 23, 2024 reported that two ISIS members were sentenced to death.

IRAQ: TEN ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IN PRISON

Iraqi judges have handed down death sentences and life sentences to ten members of the Islamic State (IS) arrested in Nineveh province, Agenzia Nova reported on October 18, 2024, citing the Interior Ministry.

IRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION BLAMES PRESIDENT RASHID FOR MASS EXECUTIONS, CITING ‘HORRIFIC’ PRACTICES

The human rights organization "AFAD" on October 12, 2024 issued a statement, condemning mass executions by Iraqi authorities, including elderly inmates and some carried out in "horrific" ways, holding President Abdul Latif Rashid responsible.

IRAQ: CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH

Iraq’s Central Criminal Court has sentenced three drug traffickers to death for their involvement in the trafficking of narcotic substances, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported on October 6, 2024.

IRAQ HANGS 21 MOSTLY ON ‘TERROR’ CHARGES – SOURCES

Iraqi authorities have hanged at least 21 people, including a woman, most of them convicted over “terrorism” charges, three security sources said on September 25, 2024.

IRAQ: THREE PAKISTANI NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM AND ROBBERY CHARGES

Three Pakistani youths have been sentenced to death by a local court in Iraq on charges of terrorism and robbery, propakistani.pk reported on August 5, 2024.

IRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DHI QAR OFFICIAL

An Iraqi court in Baghdad sentenced a person to death on July 29, 2024 for killing a Dhi Qar counterterrorism official earlier this year.

IRAQ: 10 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN NASIRIYAH'S CENTRAL PRISON FOR TERRORISM

Iraqi authorities on July 22, 2024 hanged 10 people convicted of "terrorism", security and health sources said.

IRAQI COURT SENTENCES WIDOW OF FORMER ISIS LEADER AL-BAGHDADI TO DEATH

An Iraqi court on July 10, 2024 sentenced the widow of former longtime Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death for enslaving kidnapped Yazidi women, state media reported.