Death penalty & execution watch
People in Iran who are under a death sentence or at risk of execution, with every status tied to its sources and the date it was last checked.
Urgent — lives at risk
People reported at imminent risk, and people under a death sentence whose cases are marked high priority. Each card shows when the case was last checked.
People under a death sentence
A death sentence has been reported by a source we checked. It is a status that can change.
Reported death sentences that need verification
A report exists, but the court stage or the person’s current situation still has to be confirmed.
No published case is in this section yet.
Stayed, overturned or under retrial
A stay or a quashed sentence does not always mean a person is safe. These cases stay on the watch.
Executions documented in the last 12 months
An execution is recorded only when two independent rights-group or news sources report it, or an editor gives a written reason.
Executions recorded in 2026 · 55
Executions on this site by month (only cases with a recorded date). Rights groups count more; see their monthly reports: Iran Human Rights ↗ · Hengaw ↗
How this watch works
Every case is checked by a person before it is published. Social-media posts are research leads: they can start a check, but they never set a status on their own.
Sources are counted by independent origin. Ten posts copying one report count as one source. A report whose origin is unknown is not counted as independent.
Each card shows when the case was last checked. A case that has not been checked recently is marked “needs review” — it never means the person is no longer at risk.
Public attention can bring more scrutiny to a case. This site does not claim that sharing a page will save someone. Prisoners