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Capital Punishment

Iran Protests: Week 59 of Resistance as Women Ward in Sepidar Prison Joins Anti-Execution Campaign

A group of women prisoners in Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz, have joined the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign in protest against the growing wave of executions in...

Death penalty as a tool of oppression

Almost 1,000 people were executed in Iran in 2024. While lawyers and activists protest against the wave of executions, rights activists demand international consequences.

Death Sentence for Woman Labor Activist In Iran Re-Issued

 Iranian authorities have once again sentenced female labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi to death, despite the Supreme Court previously overturning her initial death sentence. Mohammadi was arrested...

Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran 2024

The 17th Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran, by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) and ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty), provides an assessment...

Lawyers in Iran demand immediate halt to death sentences of three female political prisoners

More than 200 lawyers in Iran have issued a joint statement calling on the head of the country’s judiciary to halt the executions of...

At Least 87 Executions in Iran Prisons in January

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); February 4, 2025: At least 87 people including 10 Afghan nationals, an Arab, 7 Kurdish, 4 Baluch minorities, were executed...

Two Kurdish Women at Risk of Execution

Authorities Exploit Death Penalty to Silence Political Dissent, Target Minorities

Escalating Repression: Women’s Rights Activists and Political Prisoners Under Threat in Iran

The clerical regime has intensified its crackdown on women’s rights activists and political prisoners, targeting individuals with arrests, prolonged detentions, and harsh sentences. Among...