Iran

Capital Punishment Status
Retentionist
On Death Row
5300
Foreign Nationals
87
Last execution
2023
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Iran continues to practice the death penalty.

Where data is available, you can click on the button to read our latest report on the death penalty for foreign nationals in Iran and scroll down for country-specific charts.

Death penalty crimes

  • Adultery
  • Alcohol
  • Apostacy
  • Blasphemy
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Economic Crimes
  • Espionage
  • Homosexuality
  • Kidnapping
  • Murder
  • Rape
  • Robbery
  • Terrorism
  • Treason

Mandatory death penalty crimes

  • Adultery
  • Alcohol
  • Apostacy
  • Blasphemy
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Economic Crimes
  • Homosexuality
  • Murder
  • Rape
  • Robbery
  • Terrorism
  • Treason

Main nationalities of foreign nationals sentenced to death

Gender of foreign nationals sentenced to death

86

Male

2

Female

Top crimes for which foreign nationals sentenced to death

Main occupations of foreign nationals sentenced to death

Main regions of origin of foreign nationals sentenced to death

Status of foreign nationals sentenced to death

Additional Resources

Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Sri Lanka

Preview
University of Oxford
Author/Editor
Death Penalty Research Unit
Date of Publication
2022
Resources

Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Singapore

Preview
University of Oxford
Author/Editor
Death Penalty Research Unit
Date of Publication
2023
Resources

Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Kuwait

Preview
University of Oxford
Author/Editor
Death Penalty Research Unit
Date of Publication
2022
Resources

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