Executions in Iran

Dozens of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are currently on death row in Iran. These prisoners include dissidents, prisoners of conscience, as well as ...

February 3, 2022: At least 46 people were executed in Iran in January alone, with 17 executed on drug-related charges. 15 men were Baluch minorities. ...

According to information obtained by iran Human Rights, 27-year-old Yasser Nourizadeh and 39-year-old Younes Nourizadeh were notified of their death sentences in the last week.

Human rights issues loom large in the contemporary history of Iran. Under the reign of the late Shah, Iranians were deprived of fundamental...

On January 27, an inmate on death row who was previously convicted for drug-related crimes was executed in Urmia Prison.

On January 13, three inmates were executed in Isfahan Central Prison. Two prisoners have previously been convicted for drug-related crimes and one for murder.

The clerical regime in Iran is continuing its execution spree of athletes, targeting the boxing champion Mohammad Javad for protesting the theocratic state’s economic corruption ...

On January 12, at least six inmates were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison. All of the prisoners executed had been sentenced to death for murder.

On January 11, two inmates previously convicted of drug-related crimes were executed in Zanjan Central Prison. Last Sunday, an inmate convicted of murder was executed ...

Iranian authorities executed eight prisoners at down on Wednesday, January 12. The executions were carried out at Raja’i Shahr Prison in the city of Karaj, ...

Mohammadali Alizadeh (Ghaljayi) and Jalil Eshterak, two Baluch men sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder