Following a new wave of executions in Iran, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the main Iranian opposition coalition, announced in a statement that between Saturday, February 14, and Tuesday, February 17, at least 58 prisoners were executed in various prisons across the country, including two women. According to the report, the implementation of death sentences continues at an unprecedented pace, and in recent days dozens more prisoners have lost their lives.
Iran Marks 100 Executions in One Week, 241 Executions in Three Weeks
According to the figures provided, 12 people were executed on Tuesday, February 17; 15 on Monday, February 16; 15 on Sunday, February 15; and 16 on Saturday, February 14. Earlier, 34 prisoners had been executed on February 9 and 10, and another 12 on February 12. These figures indicate a sharp rise in the implementation of death sentences over a short period of time.
Another part of the report refers to the death of a 22-year-old man named Nima Jafari in a detention center run by the Intelligence Ministry in Bandar Abbas, a city in southern Iran. He had been arrested on February 6, and a few days later his body was returned to his family. Authorities declared the cause of death to be suicide, a claim that has been met with serious doubts and questions.
At the same time, statistics published by human rights organizations show that the execution trend has risen alarmingly this year. According to the published data, the total number of executions from March 21, 2025 (the beginning of the Persian year), to February 20, 2026, has so far reached 2,555 cases.
Since mid-2024, during the tenure of Iranian regime president Masoud Pezeshkian, 3,522 executions have also been reported.
According to statistical data, there were 375 executions in December 2025 and 375 executions in January 2026, coinciding with a nationwide uprising, bringing the total number of these executions so far to over 1,100.
The increase in executions in recent months has been met with widespread human rights reactions and has once again brought the issue of the death penalty in Iran to the forefront of attention by international bodies and human rights advocates.
