In a meeting with judicial authorities this morning, Iran’s Head of Judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Eje’i urged the swift implementation of death sentences and executions. Nine protesters have been executed in relation to the protests thus far, all of them since 19 March.
Reiterating its warning over the grave risk of execution facing protesters and other political prisoners, IHRNGO calls on the international community to make a moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a central demand in any negotiations and dialogue with the Islamic Republic.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the organisation, stated: “Unable to govern effectively or meet people’s basic needs, the Islamic Republic lacks legitimacy and clings to power through repression and fear. The death penalty remains its most powerful tool for instilling that fear”. He added: “The Islamic Republic is weaponising the new espionage law to expedite the execution of protesters, framing domestic dissent as an external national security threat. These are not legal proceedings, but a coordinated campaign of state violence masquerading as justice. The resulting death sentences stem from grossly unfair trials that completely bypass due process, relying on torture-tainted confessions rather than legitimate evidence.”
According to information obtained and gathered by Iran Human Rights, at least 44 protesters arrested in relation to the nationwide December 2025-January 2026 protests have been sentenced to death. They include two women and three teenagers who were under the age of 18 at the time of the arrest. The organization noted that the number of cases documented by IHRNGO is an absolute minimum. In addition to the inherent opacity of the judicial system, the internet shutdown and repressive state measures to silence families and lawyers have significantly hindered efforts to document further cases.
As IHRNGO has previously warned, hundreds of other protesters are at risk of death penalty charges and sentences. It is also vital to note that while the protests swept across every province in the country, the cases documented in this report originate from only five.
In addition to the cases mentioned, ten protesters, whose names IHRNGO is unable to publish at this time, have been sentenced to death in Qom Central Prison.
Furthermore, at least 17 protesters held in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison are on death row. Their names are: Mansour Jafari (17), Shahin Soleimani (23), Hossein Ghaleh Beigi (22), Reza Moazeni (23), Yaser Mokhtari (23), Moslem Heidari (30), Ramezan Asadi, Abolfazl Hashemian, Javad Talebpour, Daniel Harouni, Mehdi Eskanadari, Navid Shirani, Seyed Reza Hassanlu, Davoud Aminzadeh, Mobin Soltani and Pejman Haghighan. The seventeenth person is Sasan Azadvar.
Reiterating its warning over the grave risk of execution facing protesters and other political prisoners, IHRNGO calls on the international community to make a moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a central demand in any negotiations and dialogue with the Islamic Republic.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the organisation, stated: “Unable to govern effectively or meet people’s basic needs, the Islamic Republic lacks legitimacy and clings to power through repression and fear. The death penalty remains its most powerful tool for instilling that fear”. He added: “The Islamic Republic is weaponising the new espionage law to expedite the execution of protesters, framing domestic dissent as an external national security threat. These are not legal proceedings, but a coordinated campaign of state violence masquerading as justice. The resulting death sentences stem from grossly unfair trials that completely bypass due process, relying on torture-tainted confessions rather than legitimate evidence.”
According to information obtained and gathered by Iran Human Rights, at least 44 protesters arrested in relation to the nationwide December 2025-January 2026 protests have been sentenced to death. They include two women and three teenagers who were under the age of 18 at the time of the arrest. The organization noted that the number of cases documented by IHRNGO is an absolute minimum. In addition to the inherent opacity of the judicial system, the internet shutdown and repressive state measures to silence families and lawyers have significantly hindered efforts to document further cases.
As IHRNGO has previously warned, hundreds of other protesters are at risk of death penalty charges and sentences. It is also vital to note that while the protests swept across every province in the country, the cases documented in this report originate from only five.
In addition to the cases mentioned, ten protesters, whose names IHRNGO is unable to publish at this time, have been sentenced to death in Qom Central Prison.
Furthermore, at least 17 protesters held in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison are on death row. Their names are: Mansour Jafari (17), Shahin Soleimani (23), Hossein Ghaleh Beigi (22), Reza Moazeni (23), Yaser Mokhtari (23), Moslem Heidari (30), Ramezan Asadi, Abolfazl Hashemian, Javad Talebpour, Daniel Harouni, Mehdi Eskanadari, Navid Shirani, Seyed Reza Hassanlu, Davoud Aminzadeh, Mobin Soltani and Pejman Haghighan. The seventeenth person is Sasan Azadvar.
Source: anf-news.com, Staff, April 30, 2026
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