Varisheh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner, has been resentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

Abolhassan Ranjbar, a Baluch man on death row for the alleged murder of a traffic police officer, was executed in Minab ...

According to the judiciary’s Mizan News Agency, Ali Sina Mostafavi was hanged at an unspecified location in Kerman on 14 ...

Danial Jahanian was executed despite evidence casting serious doubt on his responsibility for the officer’s death.

Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old woman detained in Mashhad Central Prison, was sentenced to death on the charge of blasphemy ...

State media reported the execution of Omar Derastaran, a Baluch political prisoner convicted of baghy (armed rebellion) ...

Farjad, a Baluch father on death row for drug-related offences, is at imminent risk of execution in Kerman Prison after his ...

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); 10 June 2026: In the aftermath of the 12-Day War in June 2025, Islamic Republic authorities enacted a sweeping legislative framework designed to weaponise national security ...

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); June 25, 2025: Iran state media reported the executions of three Kurdish men named Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul on charges of collaborating with Israel.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has ratified three international human rights treaties that apply to the death penalty: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1975, the ...

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) has published a unique report shedding light on the realities of women’s executions in Iran. Titled “Women and the Death Penalty in Iran: A Gendered Perspective” this report ...

On 10 October 2026 and 2027, the World Day is dedicated to humanising the people affected by the death penalty, focusing on the stories of the people affected by the death penalty whose voices are too ...