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JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 77 new arrests
JANUARY 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Contradictions in the war on drugs
On the (drone) killings of drug couriers
JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the Sixth Day of Protests
Violence by Security Forces and an Increase in the Arrest of Protesters
JANUARY 2, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Europe brings the LGBTQ+ agenda to Africa
By Elisabetta Grassia
JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 5th Day of Protests
Expansion of Gatherings and Violence
JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names of 29 arrested protesters
Including 7 women
JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed on January 1
Mola Morad Ghobadi, Hossein Morad Zamani, Khodayar Mirzazadeh
JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 4th Day of Protests
Expansion of Gatherings and Intensification of the Security Atmosphere
JANUARY 1, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Why Is Richard Glossip Still in Jail?
DECEMBER 31, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOGGED MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE IN PUBLIC IN 2025, FIGURES SHOW
The Taliban publicly flogged more than 1,000 people across Afghanistan in 2025, including at least 150 women, according to data released by their Supreme Court
DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on December 31
Saeed Partouy, Ali Partouy, Arash Shams, Naser Mirzayi and Sohrab Imani
DECEMBER 31, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The Guardian looks on American death penalty
- DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed on December 31
Karamali Khani, Ehsan Dehqanpanah, Mohsen Jadidi, Manouchehr Niazi, Mehran Hosseini, Keramat Safari, Moslem Rafiinia
DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR report on widespread and systematic drug executions
- DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed on December 31
Samad Azizi, Niazali Yari, Sohbat Fathi, Meysam Naseri, Amir Jafari-Rad, Erfan Sheikh Eslami + 3
- DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on December 31
Ahad Mirzaei, Hanif Mohammadi, Yasin Azimi, Abbas Gholipour
- DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Karamali Khani and Niazali Faryadi hanged in Kashmar on December 31
DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - NCRI Year End Report: More than 2,200 executions in 2025
An Unprecedented High in Khamenei’s 37-Year Criminal Rule
DECEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 men executed in various prisons on December 30
Sajjad Veysi, Ali Akbar Barzegar, Peyman Zamani, Yahya Panahi Rad, Amin Khosroabadi, Mahmoud Zarei, Khodarahm Ahmadi, Ali Mohammad Dastar, Mansour Rigi
DECEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 3rd day of protests
- DECEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farid Norizad executed in Quchan on December 30
- DECEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shayan Karami executed in Behbahan on December 30
- DECEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Rasht on December 30
- DECEMBER 30, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Impending/scheduled executions
- DECEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hojjat Amini-Zadeh executed in Shahrekord on December 30
DECEMBER 30, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. TFDP's Year End Report: 19 executions, 5 death sentences
- DECEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in various prisons on December 29
Soheil Bakhtiari, Sobhan Safizadeh, Amir Mahdi Navabi, Sina Nadari, Marvan Emadabadi, Yaser Khatibi
- DECEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on December 29
Shoja Asgari, Heshmat Fallahi + 2
- DECEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Qasem Amini executed in Sanandaj on December 29
- DECEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Nadi executed in Bukan on December 29