Human Rights Abuses, Trials, and Executions in the Islamic Republic Era (1979–present)

1. Revolutionary tribunals begin issuing death sentences

   Feb 16, 1979Labels: Revolutionary Tribunals, Tehran, Refah School

   • Rev Court
   • Refah

2. Mass arrests and executions intensify amid 1981 crackdown

   Jul 3, 1981Labels: 1981 Crackdown, Opposition Groups

   • UPI
   • Amnesty

3. Mass execution campaign targets imprisoned dissidents

   Jul 1, 1988Labels: 1988 Mass, Death Commissions

   • Amnesty
   • Atlantic

4. Serial killings of dissidents culminate in 1998 murders

   Nov 21, 1998Labels: Chain Murders, Iranian Writers

   • Britannica
   • IranIntl

5. Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi arrested outside Evin Prison

   Jun 23, 2003Labels: Zahra Kazemi, Evin Prison

   • IHRDC
   • CHRI

6. Zahra Kazemi dies after days in Iranian custody

   Jul 10, 2003Labels: Zahra Kazemi, Death in

   • CHRI
   • IHRDC

7. Neda Agha-Soltan shot during 2009 protest in Tehran

   Jun 20, 2009Labels: Neda Agha-Soltan, 2009 Protests

   • Amnesty
   • HRW

8. Kahrizak detention center ordered closed after abuse reports

   Jul 28, 2009Labels: Kahrizak Detention, Supreme Leader

   • Mehr
   • Amnesty

9. Blogger Sattar Beheshti dies in custody after arrest

   Nov 3, 2012Labels: Sattar Beheshti, Cyber Police

   • Guardian
   • Beheshti

10. Security forces crush November 2019 nationwide protests

    Nov 15, 2019Labels: November 2019, Security Forces

    • AlJazeera
    • Axios

11. Wrestler Navid Afkari executed after disputed proceedings

    Sep 12, 2020Labels: Navid Afkari, Execution

    • HRW
    • Guardian

12. Journalist Ruhollah Zam executed after conviction

    Dec 12, 2020Labels: Ruhollah Zam, Journalist

    • UNESCO

13. Mahsa Amini dies after morality police arrest

    Sep 16, 2022Labels: Mahsa Amini, Morality Police

    • Amnesty
    • Amini

14. Iran carries out first protest-linked execution in 2022 unrest

    Dec 8, 2022Labels: Mohsen Shekari, 2022 Execution

    • Shekari
    • Amnesty

15. Public execution carried out in second protest-linked case

    Dec 12, 2022Labels: Majidreza Rahnavard, Public Execution

    • Rahnavard

16. Sweden upholds life sentence in 1988 executions case

    Dec 19, 2023Labels: Hamid Nouri, Swedish Trial

    • DW

17. UN reports at least 975 executions carried out in 2024

    Dec 31, 2024Labels: UN Report, Mass Executions

    • AP

18. Iran executes man in 2022 protest-related case

    Sep 6, 2025Labels: Mehran Bahramian, 2022 Protest

    • AP