— Since Iran Human Rights has existed, we have never recorded such a number of executions, said the organization's director Mahmoud Amiry-Mogadam.
It cannot be ruled out that the actual number of executions in Iran in 2025 was significantly higher. Iran neither publishes collective information nor informs about every executed sentence. Non-governmental organizations monitoring the situation use their own information networks to create reports, and their results vary significantly.
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How many executions were carried out in Iran in 2025?
Who reported the number of executions in Iran?
What organizations monitor executions in Iran?
What does the UN think about human rights violations in Iran?
The UN condemns human rights violations in Iran
According to a report published a week ago by the US-based organization HRANA (Human Rights Activists Information Agency), at least 1,922 executions were carried out in Iran in 2025, which is more than twice as many as in the previous year and the most in over a decade. At least 10 executions were carried out in public.
In early December, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran, with particular emphasis on the death penalty. Mai Sato, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, warned that the scale and secrecy of the executions could amount to crimes against humanity.
