Between August 23 and September 23, Iran’s regime judiciary executed at least 178 people, bringing the total to at least 1,000 executions in the first nine months of 2025. This figure shows that the number of executions has reached the highest level in the past 30 years and is on the verge of setting a new record.
On Tuesday, September 23, Iran Human Rights Organization reported that at least 64 executions took place just in the past week, confirming that from January 1, 2025, until today, it has been able to verify 1,000 executions in the country.
The human rights organization estimated the average number of executions per day during this period at nine, noting that this is a minimum figure, and due to reporting limitations from Iran, the actual number is likely higher.
Among those executed, 50% were convicted on drug-related charges, 43% for “premeditated murder,” 3% for “enmity against God and corruption on earth,” 3% for “rape,” and 1% for “espionage.”
Furthermore, only 11% of all executions were reported by Iranian media, while the rest were carried out secretly without public announcement.
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242% increase in executions compared to September 2024
In other news, the human rights website HRANA, in its latest monthly report on the human rights situation in Iran, wrote that at least 178 people were executed in prisons across the country between August 23 and September 23 of this year.
In its September 23 report, HRANA stated that over the past month it had recorded at least eight new death sentences and four confirmations of execution sentences for prisoners in Iran.
These statistics show that over the past month, Iran’s regime executed on average six people per day—one person every four hours.
The figures reveal that the number of executions increased by 126 cases, or 242%, compared to the same period last year.
Arbitrary executions without fair trials constitute crimes against humanity, and the execution crisis in Iran must be placed at the top of the global community’s agenda in dealing with Iran’s regime.
No dialogue between countries committed to human rights principles and Iran’s regime is acceptable without addressing the execution crisis in Iran.
Continuation of protests against execution sentences
These developments come as the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, in its 87th weekly statement on September 23, addressed the freedom-loving people of Iran and all human rights supporters, declaring that silence in the face of such violent and inhumane policies is unacceptable.
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The campaign described life as a fundamental human right and executions as unjustifiable violence against this right, declaring: “Our voice must be louder than any repression and injustice. Every week, every Tuesday, we rise in memory of the victims of execution, for justice and defense of life.”
Prisoners involved in the ” No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign began a hunger strike on January 29, 2024, demanding a halt to the issuance and implementation of execution sentences. By its 87th week, inmates in 52 prisons across Iran were on hunger strike.
In recent months, this campaign has become one of the key protest movements inside Iran’s prisons, with weekly hunger strikes and sit-ins by inmates keeping alive the voice of opposition to execution sentences and unjust judicial processes.
