Report: Human Rights Defenders in Iran 2019-2020

The 12th annual report on the death penalty in Iran was launched on March 31, 2020.

The 11th annual report on the death penalty by Iran Human Rights (IHR) and ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty) is the first report since the implementation of the new amendments to the Anti Narcotic law.

The present report on the Iranian human rights defenders in 2018, is the first report about the condition of human rights defenders that will be published annually by Iran Human Rights (IHR) organization. IHR was able to provide this report with the support of Norwegian Human Rights Fund.

The report sets out the number of executions in 2017, the trend compared to previous years, charges, geographic distribution and a monthly breakdown of executions. Lists of the female and juvenile offenders executed in 2017 are also included in the tables at the end of the report. Drug-related executions before and after the new amendments were passed in Parliament, approval by the Guardian Council and its enforcement are reviewed.

The report sets out the number of executions in 2016, the trend compared to previous years, charges, geographic distribution and a monthly breakdown of executions. Lists of the women and juvenile offenders executed in 2016 are also included in tables at the end of the report. In this report, we will provide data which, in particular, sheds light on the role of the Revolutionary Courts in recent executions.