October 11, 2026 — Kurdpa Human Rights Organization releases a comprehensive disaggregated statistical report warning that the Islamic Republic of Iran executed at least 1,461 people between October 10, 2025, and October 10, 2026. This staggering figure—which includes the executions of 40 women, 4 child offenders, and an unprecedented ninefold surge in political executions compared to the annual average of the preceding 14 years—exposes the regime's overt utilization of the death penalty as its primary tool for instilling public fear, suppressing freedoms, and militarizing society.

1) Statistical Overview

During this timeframe, the death sentences of 1,461 individuals were carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran across at least 70 prisons nationwide; among these, at least 10 executions were conducted in public. Furthermore, regarding dozens of political and conscience-based prisoners, state media outlets made no reference to the precise execution venues when broadcasting the news of their executions.

Ethnic and National Breakdown of Executed Individuals:

Out of those executed, 77 were Kurdish citizens, 70 were Baloch citizens, 29 were Arab citizens, 17 were Turk citizens, 7 were Lur citizens [34 individuals were documented as likely Lur, and 4 as likely Lur or Kurd], 1 was a Turkmen citizen, 37 were Afghan nationals, and 3 were Iraqi nationals.

Simultaneously, the execution machinery of the Islamic Republic of Iran, amid intensified political repression, executed at least 67 political prisoners. This statistic demonstrates an approximately ninefold increase in political executions compared to the annual average of the preceding 14 years.

Breakdown of Charges:

Out of the 1,461 recorded executions:

  • 536 individuals were executed on murder charges (Qisas / Retribution-in-kind).
  • 419 individuals were executed on drug-related charges.
  • 23 individuals were executed on charges of rape, aggravated sexual assault, and rape coupled with murder.
  • 12 individuals were executed in connection with robbery and armed robbery.
  • 4 individuals were executed on charges primarily related to membership in ISIS and extremist religious groups.

Demographic Breakdown:

Among those executed, 40 were women, and 4 were child offenders who were under 18 years of age at the time of their arrest (with 1 additional person documented as a probable child offender).

State Secrecy and Media Dissemination:

Of the 1,461 executed individuals, over 85% of executions were not reported by official state sources, and 50% were executed in groups ranging from two to several individuals. However, the state systematically publicized news regarding the executions of political prisoners or prisoners facing "security" charges entirely to generate public fear and terror.

2) Longitudinal Execution Data Over 15 Years (2012 – October 10, 2026)

According to Kurdpa's documentations, the Islamic Republic of Iran executed at least 9,270 individuals over the past 15 years (2012 to October 10, 2026).

Furthermore, over the past 15 years (2012 to October 10, 2026), a total of 169 political prisoners were executed in Iran—67 of which occurred in the past year alone, compared to 102 in the preceding 14 years. While an annual average of slightly over 7 political prisoners were executed per year during the prior 14 years, at least 67 political prisoners were executed in the single year between October 10, 2025, and October 10, 2026. This data confirms that the annual average rate of political executions during this past year was approximately 9 times higher than the annual average of the previous 14 years.

Statement by Kurdpa

Condemning in the strongest terms the continuation of state killings and the implementation of at least 1,461 death sentences over the past year, Kurdpa Human Rights Organization warns that the Islamic Republic also constructs a purely political function of public intimidation out of non-political executions within its "execution industry." Systematic censorship and the piecemeal release of execution news serve as a deliberate pattern aimed at normalizing death within society and devaluing human life.
Just as the regime reproduces its apparatus of repression through Qisas (retribution) and drug-related cases—which account for the largest share of execution statistics—it places the heavy burden of deprivation of life onto the victim's family in Qisas cases, forcing society to participate and be implicated in the grief of these unjust verdicts. Similarly, in drug-related offenses, instead of fulfilling civic rights and addressing the root causes of poverty, unemployment, and deprivation, the government selects the easiest path: execution. This choice completes the societal repression process to consolidate despotism and advance the regime's political objectives.
Kurdpa emphasizes that the execution of 1,461 individuals over the past year proves that "verbal condemnations" have proven completely ineffective and failed to halt this sweeping slaughter. Given that hundreds of prisoners facing various charges remain at immediate risk of execution and that the state perceives no deterrent pressure, the Islamic Republic will see no cause to reduce or halt executions unless serious, practical, and comprehensive international action is taken, and will continue to sustain its military-security structure by accelerating its execution machine.