Iran condemned 106 people to death following the January political protests, of which it has already executed 35, according to Hengaw, a human rights NGO based in Norway.
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10/10/2026
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O Iran sentenced 106 people to death following the January political protests, of which 35, according to Hengaw, a non-governmental human rights organization (NGO) based in Norway.
According to this independent organisation dedicated to documenting and denouncing human rights violations in Iran, there are 63 other people at serious and imminent risk of execution, while the death sentences of eight others have been annulled, writes the Spanish news agency, Efe.
Hengaw released these data in a special report on the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty, which is celebrated today, and bases its data on evidence collected and verified by its Statistical and Documentation Centre by October 9, 2026.
The report details the death sentences imposed on the arrested in the protests and the executions carried out, as well as the judicial proceedings and the current situation of their proceedings.
The January protests, which required the end of the Islamic Republic, were repressed after a harsh repression in which, according to the Iranian authorities, 3,117 people died, while human rights organizations, such as oppositionist HRANA, based in the United States, raise this number to more than 7,000.
Iran is one of the most executed countries in the world. In 2025, the Iranian authorities executed at least 2,159 people, twice as many as 2024 and the highest number by Amnesty International in the country since 1981.