Executed since January 2026

This page keeps the memory of 990 people who have been executed since Dey 1404; the wave of executions that began after the Dey uprising and continues to this day. The earliest execution in this list is recorded on 1 Dey 1404 and the latest on 23 Mehr 1405. 629 people were executed in the remaining months of the year 1404 and 361 people in the year 1405. All those on this page are people executed in this period, on whatever charge; some of them were protesters who had been arrested in Dey. The charge that appears next to each name is the one stated by the authorities or sources, and recording it does not mean accepting it.

Days, cities and ages

In this period there were days on each of which nearly twenty people were executed: 21 Bahman 1404 with 21 names, 2 Dey 1404 with 20 names, 8 and 14 Bahman 1404 with 19 names each, and 3 Dey 1404 with 18 names. Isfahan with 63 names is the most frequent city, followed by Shiraz with 51, Karaj with 38, Tabriz with 36, Mashhad with 28 and Rasht with 24 names; Ahvaz, Yazd, Sari and Semnan have 21 names each. Among the provinces, Isfahan with 76 and Razavi Khorasan with 71 names are at the top. The median age is 33 years; the youngest was 17 years old and the oldest 71. 1 person was under 18 years of age, and there are 26 women in this list.

Dawn of 13 Mehr 1405 in Isfahan

Alireza Sepahi Badjani, 25 years old, and Alireza Raeisi, 21 years old, were arrested in the Dey protests in Isfahan and sentenced to death in a case that became known as “Alikhani Square.” According to the source, their “forced confessions” had been broadcast by state media before the trial. Alireza Sepahi's lawyer had written before the execution: “My client Alireza Sepahi is breathing today; perhaps not tomorrow.” His last request was to see his fiancée, which was not granted. Alireza Raeisi was the only son of the family and was soon to celebrate his engagement. Both were executed at dawn on 13 Mehr 1405 in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan, and according to the source they were not allowed to be buried where they had lived.

Some other names

Mohammad Amin Biglari, 19 years old, a computer student who also worked in a men's barbershop, was arrested on 18 Dey on his way back from work. His mother had died, and his father, according to the source, had even searched for him among the bodies at Kahrizak. He was executed on 16 Farvardin 1405 on the charge of “moharebeh” (enmity against God). Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old wrestler, was executed on 28 Esfand 1404 in Qom. Abolfazl Saedi, 24 years old, the only child of a mother who was a teacher, was executed on 26 Khordad in Shahroud Prison. Alisina Mostafavi, a mountaineer and musician from Bam who according to the source had conquered several peaks in the Himalayas, was executed in Mehr 1405 in Kerman.

About this list

The list of those executed since Dey 1404 is not complete. The real number of executions in these months is higher than 990, and many were reported without names or not reported at all; we record only a name that has a source. The largest share of this page comes from HRANA with 799 cases; followed by Iran Human Rights with 252, Iran International with 118, iranintl.com with 117 and the Iran Human Rights Society with 57 cases. For each of these 990 executions there is at least one source, although a number of them appear in only one report. For 95 people a description of their life is available. If you knew one of those executed after Dey 1404, send us your memory or correction.