Documented criminal cases from Iran are added only when reliable sources support a substantive account. Court findings are separated from allegations, unresolved responsibility remains unresolved, and marginalized victims are treated as people rather than spectacle.
A case appears under Solved / Adjudicated only when the available record supports a sufficiently definitive investigative or legal outcome. Cases with unresolved responsibility, active investigations or materially incomplete outcomes belong under Unsolved / Partial. This archive grows only when additional cases meet the same sourcing standard.
Mohammad Ali Salamat was convicted in Iran of raping dozens of women after roughly 200 women were reported to have accused him. Iran's Supreme Court upheld his death sentence, and he was publicly executed in Hamedan in November 2024.
Open case file →Farid Baghlani was convicted in a Khuzestan serial-murder case involving 16 reported victims in Abadan and Khorramshahr. Iran’s Supreme Court confirmed the sentence, and he was executed in 2010.
Open case file →Filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui and writer Vahideh Mohammadifar were murdered at their Alborz Province home in 2023. Four defendants were convicted, and Iran's Supreme Court upheld the sentences in 2025.
Open case file →Ruhollah Dadashi was fatally stabbed during a 2011 traffic dispute in Karaj. Alireza Molla-Soltani was convicted of intentional murder; his self-defense claim and juvenile execution drew major human-rights scrutiny.
Open case file →Ali Asghar Borujerdi, known as Asghar Qatel, confessed in 1934 to killing 33 adolescent boys across Iraq and Iran. He was prosecuted and executed in Tehran.
Open case file →Mitra Ostad was killed in Tehran in 2019. Mohammad Ali Najafi was convicted of premeditated murder, initially sentenced to death, later forgiven by her family and ultimately released after clemency.
Open case file →Setayesh Ghoreyshi, a child from Iran's Afghan community, was murdered in 2016. Amirhossein Pourjafar was convicted of rape and murder for the crime committed when he was 16 and was later executed in 2018.
Open case file →Seven-year-old Atena Aslani disappeared in Parsabad in 2017. Esmail Jafarzadeh was convicted of her rape and murder, and Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the sentence before it was carried out that September.
Open case file →Mona Heydari was 17 when she was killed in Ahvaz in 2022 after reporting linked her history to child marriage and alleged domestic abuse. Her husband was later sentenced for murder and assault, and a second defendant for complicity.
Open case file →Romina Ashrafi was 14 when she was killed in Gilan province in 2020 after reportedly warning authorities that she feared returning home. Her father was later convicted of murder and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Open case file →Mohammad Bijeh was convicted in a notorious Pakdasht serial murder case and executed in 2005. Contemporary reporting differs on whether the published victim total was about 20 or 21, a discrepancy preserved in the full case file.
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Khoshrou was convicted of kidnapping, rape and murder involving nine girls and women in Tehran in 1997. Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences, and he was executed that August.
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Qadiri was convicted in a Qazvin serial robbery-murder case and executed in 2010. Contemporary sources differ on whether the published victim total is five or six, a discrepancy preserved in the case file.
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Saeed Hanaei confessed to killing 16 women in Mashhad in 2000–2001. He was convicted, sentenced to death and executed by hanging in April 2002.
Open case file →Kolsum Akbari received trial-level judgments in a Mazandaran case involving multiple alleged poisonings. Iran's Supreme Court was still reviewing the non-final judgment in August 2026.
Open case file →Neda Agha-Soltan was shot in central Tehran on June 20, 2009, after a peaceful demonstration. Despite extensive witness and video evidence, Amnesty International reported that no independent investigation had brought her killer to justice.
Open case file →Jina Mahsa Amini died after being detained by Iran's morality police in September 2022. A UN fact-finding mission found that physical violence led to her death and that the State bears responsibility for her unlawful death, while meaningful individual criminal accountability remains absent.
Open case file →Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died after a severe head injury sustained in custody in Tehran in 2003. One official was prosecuted and acquitted, and individual criminal responsibility remains unresolved.
Open case file →Sarbandi died after a 2007 stabbing in Tehran. Reyhaneh Jabbari was convicted and executed, but her self-defense claim and documented investigative concerns leave material questions in the evidentiary record.
Open case file →Mahin was killed during a 2003 burglary in Rasht. Delara Darabi was convicted and executed, but her retracted confession and documented fair-trial concerns leave the evidentiary record disputed.
Open case file →Iran's Intelligence Ministry acknowledged that its agents carried out key 1998 killings of dissidents and writers. Multiple agents were convicted, but higher-level responsibility was never fully resolved.
Open case file →Ghazaleh Shakour disappeared in 2014 and her body was never found. Arman Abdolali was convicted of murder and executed, but serious fair-trial and evidentiary concerns remain documented.
Open case file →Laleh Saharkhizan was killed in Tehran in 2002. Shahla Jahed was convicted and executed, but her retracted confession and documented fair-trial concerns leave the evidentiary record disputed.
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Filmmaker Babak Khorramdin was killed in Tehran in 2021. His mother later received a 45-month sentence for assisting in premeditated murder, while his father died during the investigation before trial.
Open case file →We prioritize court and government records where accessible, reputable established journalism, institutional archives and strong secondary reporting. Key facts are cross-checked when possible, especially legal outcomes and whether a case is truly solved.
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