The execution of protesters and political prisoners in Iran has reached an unprecedented pace. Since the start of the military war by Israel and the United States on Iran, 38 prisoners charged with political and security-related offenses have been executed in Iran.
Fifteen of those executed were detainees from the January protests in Iran. They were sentenced to death through opaque judicial processes, and their sentences were carried out in less than three months after their arrest.
Amnesty International announced in its latest annual report on May 18,2026, that the Islamic Republic carried out at least 2,159 executions in 2025, giving Iran the highest recorded number of executions in the world — a figure described as more than double that of 2024.
Amnesty International stated that the sharp global increase in executions was largely driven by executions carried out by the Islamic Republic in Iran, adding that the Iranian government alone accounted for “the main share of this statistical surge.”
In this report, we examine in detail the cases of those executed in connection with the January protests in Iran. In the second section of the report, we highlight the cases of individuals whose death sentences have been upheld by the Supreme Court and who are at imminent risk of execution. In another report, Femena will examine the cases of protesters who have been sentenced to death in initial courts or who are facing charges that could potentially result in death sentences.
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