Iran Execution Tracker

Tracker · Last updated: 24 October 2026

In brief. Most executions in Iran are never officially announced. This tracker brings together yearly totals recorded by independent monitors since 2010, key breakdowns for recent years and 46 documented protest-related and political cases. Every figure links to its source. All counts are minimums.

Executions per year, 2010–2026

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) Amnesty International (where shown)

• 2010
  546
• 2011
  676
• 2012
  580
• 2013
  687
• 2014
  753
• 2015
  972
• 2016
  530
• 2017
  517
• 2018
  273
• 2019
  280
• 2020
  267
• 2021
  333
• 2022
  582
• 2023
  834
• 2024
  975Amnesty 972
• 2025
  1,639Amnesty 2,159
• 2026 YTD
  617

Each year links to its source. IHRNGO figures for 2010–2025 come from the chart in its 2025 annual report; the 2026 figure runs to 10 October. Monitors count differently. IHRNGO includes only executions confirmed by official sources or by two independent sources, and in 2025 it left out 553 reported executions it could not confirm. Amnesty International recorded at least 2,159 executions in 2025 and at least 972 in 2024. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) documented at least 2,003 executions between 10 October 2025 and 8 October 2026 (HRANA annual report). Because the counting periods and the verification rules differ, these totals should not be added together or compared as exact figures.

Who is being executed

Documented protest-related and political cases

This table lists people executed in connection with protests, political activity, opposition affiliation or espionage charges, as documented by IHRNGO and HRANA. It is a selection, not a complete list. Use the search box or filters, and select a column heading to sort. On a phone, scroll the table sideways.

Methodology

Yearly totals and breakdowns come from Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), which publishes an annual report on the death penalty in Iran with Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), and from Amnesty International and HRANA where noted. Case entries were checked against each linked source on 24 October 2026. Dates, ages, charges and places are given as the source reports them. Where a source does not specify a detail, the table says so. Ages are shown only where a source reports them. We do not name relatives or people currently at risk of execution.

Disclaimer. All counts are minimums recorded by independent monitors. Iranian authorities do not publish full execution data, and most executions are not officially announced, so the real numbers are almost certainly higher. A death sentence or conviction in Iran is reported here as a fact of record, not as proof of guilt; the sources linked above document serious fair-trial concerns in many of these cases.

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