Execution Spree in January 2026: At Least 345 Prisoners Executed Across 31 Provinces in Iran

In January 2026, simultaneous with the violent suppression of nationwide protests, Iran’s ruling regime accelerated its execution campaign under direct orders from Ali Khamenei. At least 345 prisoners, including 5 women, were executed in 57 cities across 31 provinces during the month.

According to compiled reports, Khorasan Razavi Province, with 42 executions, topped the list, followed by Khuzestan (29), Isfahan (23), Lorestan (21), Fars (17), and Kerman (16). These figures place these provinces at the forefront of the judiciary’s systematic killing machine.

The number of executions in January 2026 represents an alarming surge: nearly three times higher than January 2025 (117 executions), 3.5 times higher than January 2024 (101 executions), and almost five times higher than January 2023 (65 executions). This sharp increase underscores the regime’s reliance on executions as a tool of fear and repression in response to popular uprisings.

On Tuesday, January 20, eight prisoners were executed in Birjand, Khaf, Ilam, Borazjan, Bam, Yazd, Jiroft, and Ahvaz.

On Monday, January 19, nine prisoners—including one woman—were executed in Kerman, Kashan, Nowshahr, Saveh, Zanjan, Gorgan, Neyshabur, Dorud, and Isfahan.

On Sunday, January 18, fourteen prisoners were hanged in Kermanshah, Aligudarz, Dezful, Khorramabad, Nahavand, Yasuj, Borujerd, Semnan, Arak, Hamedan, Karaj, Qom, and Yazd.

On Saturday, January 17, six prisoners were executed in Qazvin, Bandar Abbas, Ardabil, and Tabriz.

With these executions, the total number of people executed by the clerical regime during the first ten months of 2026 has reached at least 2,174—a shocking figure that exposes the criminal nature of the ruling system in Iran.

While Khamenei is expected to persist in mass executions until his final days, the January uprising and the fiery resistance of rebellious youth have demonstrated that the path toward liberation from the medieval clerical dictatorship has been found. Neither sham courts and gallows, nor machine guns and heavy weapons, nor internet shutdowns will stop a regime that is facing inevitable collapse.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

January 21, 2026