List of executions in Iran in 2016

This is a list of executions in Iran in 2016.

List of executions in Iran in 2016

Number	Date	Name	Conviction	Age (at Offense)	Age (at Execution)	Gender	Ethnicity	Religion	Location	Public	Source
1	2 January 2016	Mehdi Ranjkesh	Drug offenses			Male			Khorramabad Parsilon Prison	No	[1]
2	4 January 2016	Abbas Bazari Jamkhaneh	Murder			Male			Surak	Yes	[2]
3	4 January 2016		Murder		50	Male			Nowshahr	No	[2]
4	5 January 2016	Mehdi Nasirtian				Male			Tabriz Central Prison	No	[3]
5	5 January 2016	Farhang Horouyan	Drug offenses			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[4]
6	5 January 2016	Haji Divaribadri	Drug offenses			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[4]
7	5 January 2016	Hamid Ghanbari	Drug offenses			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[4]
8	6 January 2016	Tofigh Mohammadfar				Male			Tabriz Central Prison	No	[3]
9	6 January 2016	Hossein Zadegan Eskandar				Male			Tabriz Central Prison	No	[3]
10	6 January 2016	Amir Ali Zadegan Eskandar				Male			Tabriz Central Prison	No	[3]
11	6 January 2016	Zahra Nemati				Female			Tabriz Central Prison	No	[3]
12	6 January 2016	Mohammad Jamali Fashi	Drug offenses			Male			Hamedan Central Prison	No	[4]
13	6 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Nazarabad	No	[5]
14	6 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Nazarabad	No	[5]
15	6 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Nazarabad	No	[5]
16	6 January 2016	Maghsoud Mehdizadeh	Murder			Male			Gohardasht Prison	No	[6]
17	6 January 2016	Hamid Khodabandebou	Murder			Male			Gohardasht Prison	No	[6]
18	6 January 2016	Mehdi Sadeghi	Murder			Male			Gohardasht Prison	No	[6]
19	6 January 2016	Mohammad Nadirnejad	Murder			Male			Gohardasht Prison	No	[6]
20	6 January 2016		Murder			Male			Gohardasht Prison	No	[6]
21	7 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Ardabil Central Prison	No	[4]
22	7 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Ardabil Central Prison	No	[4]
23	7 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Ardabil Central Prison	No	[4]
24	7 January 2016	V. R.	Murder			Male			Khoy	Yes	[7]
25	7 January 2016	Reza Jalili Alishahi	Murder			Male			Shabestar	Yes	[8]
26	9 January 2016	V. A.	Drug offenses		34	Male			Rasht Central Prison	No	[9]
27	9 January 2016	A. T.	Drug offenses		33	Male			Rasht Central Prison	No	[9]
28	10 January 2016	B. G.	Drug offenses			Male			Larestan Prison	No	[10]
29	10 January 2016	M. H.	Drug offenses			Male			Larestan Prison	No	[10]
30	10 January 2016	A. B.	Drug offenses			Male			Larestan Prison	No	[10]
31	10 January 2016	Ghodrat Garavand	Murder			Male			Khorramabad Prison	No	[10]
32	10 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Sari Central Prison	No	[10]
33	10 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Sari Central Prison	No	[10]
34	10 January 2016		Drug offenses			Male			Sari Central Prison	No	[10]
35	12 January 2016	H. S.	Moharebeh			Male			Zanjan Central Prison	No	[11]
36	12 January 2016	Seyed Hamid Hajian	Drug offenses			Male			Karaj Central Prison	No	[12]
37	12 January 2016	Hossein Toutiannoush	Drug offenses			Male			Karaj Central Prison	No	[12]
38	12 January 2016	Mostafa Jamshidi	Drug offenses			Male			Karaj Central Prison	No	[12]
39	12 January 2016	Mohsen Nasiri	Drug offenses			Male			Karaj Central Prison	No	[12]
40	13 January 2016	Aref Shahindeji	Murder			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[12]
41	13 January 2016	Hossein Ezzataleb	Murder			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[12]
42	13 January 2016	Rahman Ranjbar	Murder			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[12]
43	13 January 2016	Alireza Akbari	Murder			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[12]
44	13 January 2016	Arsalan Badyaneh	Murder			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[12]
45	13 January 2016	Abdul Wahab Hatami	Murder			Male			Orumiyeh Central Prison	No	[12]
46	13 January 2016	Houshang Zare	Murder	< 18		Male			Adel Abad Prison, Shiraz	No	[13]
47	14 January 2016	A. B.				Male		Wahhabi	Yazd Central Prison	No	[12]
48	16 January 2016	S. Gh.	Drug offenses		50	Male			Rasht Central Prison	No	[13]
49	16 January 2016	M. F.	Drug offenses		35	Male			Rasht Central Prison	No	[13]
50	16 January 2016	A. A.	Drug offenses		24	Male			Rasht Central Prison	No	[13]
51	16 January 2016	H. R.	Rape		27	Male			Rasht Central Prison	No	[13]
28 ?	18 July 2016	Hassan Afshar	Rape, sodomy	17	19	Male		Sunni Islam	Arak Prison	No	[14] [15]

References

1. "Iran Ends 2015 & Begins 2016 with Executions: 9 People Hanged". IHR. 3 January 2016.
2. "Photos: Iran regime carries out public execution". NCRI. 4 January 2016.
3. "Eight Prisoners Including Woman Executed in Northern Iran". IHR. 7 January 2016.
4. "At Least Seven Prisoners Hanged in Northwestern Iran". IHR. 7 January 2016.
5. "Nine prisoners hanged in Iran". NCRI. 7 January 2016.
6. "Five Prisoners Hanged in Northern Iran". IHR. 6 January 2016.
7. "Prisoner Hanged in Public in Northwestern Iran". IHR. 8 January 2016.
8. "Young Prisoner Hanged in Public in Northwestern Iran". IHR. 8 January 2016.
9. "Two Prisoners Hanged in Northern Iran". IHR. 8 January 2016.
10. "Seven Prisoners Hanged in Iran". IHR. 11 January 2016.
11. "Northwestern Iran: Prisoner Executed on Moharebeh Charge". IHR. 13 January 2016.
12. "11 Prisoners Executed in Central and Northern Iran". IHR. 14 January 2016.
13. "Five Prisoners Including Possible Juvenile Offender Hanged in Iran". IHR. 18 January 2015.
14. Kamali Dehghan, Saeed (3 August 2016). "Iran executes at least 10 Sunni prisoners despite unfair trial claims". The Guardian . Retrieved 31 December 2025.
15. Sanchez, Ray (4 August 2016). "Iran hangs teen for rape committed as a juvenile, rights group says". CNN . Retrieved 31 December 2025.