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542

TOTAL EXECUTIONS
2026

0

JUVENILE EXECUTIONS
2026

18

WOMEN EXECUTIONS
2026

10985

TOTAL EXECUTIONS
Since 2010

71

JUVENILE EXECUTIONS
Since 2010

307

WOMEN EXECUTIONS
Since 2010

Featured

Group Hanging of 4 Men in Tabriz

Massoud Nemati and Esmail Ajami Hanged for Drug Offences; Around 30 Men on Death Row in Sari

Group Hanging of Arezou Rastad, Relatives Saleh and Marat Zeidabadi, and Amir Danayi in Isfahan

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9th World Congress Against Death Penalty: Iran's Drug Executions

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Cartoons

The Supreme Leader's Cane

Cartoon: Behnam Mohammadi

Using religion as a licence to kill

Solmaz Esmaeil Zali, an Iranian cartoonist: Our government uses the religion to justify the executions in Iran.

"No" To Execution

Solmaz Esmaeil Zali, an Iranian cartoonist: I am a humanist and say NO to execution!

Reports

Human Rights Defenders in Iran 2025

This report depicts the legal status of 68 human rights defenders, two families of activists, an NGO, as well as an anti-death penalty campaign in Iran, and some of their members.

Transition

Iran’s Transition to Liberal Democratic Secularism: Lessons from South Africa

This article reflects on the prospects of a political transition in Iran—from the Islamic Republic to a secular and pluralist political order—by drawing lessons from South Africa’s transition to liberal democracy.