Geographic Distribution of 2025 Executions

This is an excerpt from the 2025 Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran.

Executions were carried out in 31 Iranian provinces in 2025. The following maps show the geographic distribution of executions. Map 2 shows the total number of executions while Map 3 shows the number of executions per capita for each province.

In 2025, Tehran/Alborz provinces had the highest number of executions, with 210 (compared to 210 in 2024), followed by 145 in Isfahan province ( 67 in 2024), 139 in Fars province (97 in 2024) and 116 in Khorasan Razavi (58 in 2024). More than 93% of the executions included in the 2025 report were not announced by official sources. The next section provides more details about unannounced and secret executions.

 

In 2025, Iran carried out 18 executions per million people.[1] South Khorasan province had the highest execution rate, with 59 executions per million inhabitants, followed by Semnan with 56 executions per million, and Lorestan with 49 executions per million inhabitants. Numbers for each province are provided in Annex 1 of this report.

 

Executions were carried out in all the 31 provinces in Iran in 2025.

 

[1] Population based on last official count of 2016 amar.org.ir