The dinuclear title complex, [Cd(2)I(4)(C(12)H(13)N(5))(2)], lies on a crystallographic center of inversion. The Cd(II) atom is four-coordinated by two N atoms from two 1-[(2-ethyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)meth-yl]-1H-benzotriazole (bmei) ligands and two terminal I atoms in a distorted tetra-hedral coordination environment. The Cd(II) atoms are connected to each other by two bridging bmei ligands. The benzotriazole rings in adjacent mol-ecules are almost parallel, with an average inter-planar distance of 3.3400 (2) Å and a centroid-centroid distance of 4.852 (2) Å.