Iran
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 2026869
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- theocratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 1979, revised in 1989 to extend presidential power
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Shia majority; 10% Sunni; Christian, Jewish, Bahá'í, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sima Chambari, a university student, was arrested
Her fate remains unknown
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Warns of Mass Arrests Amid War
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 25th day of war
Heavy Strikes in Isfahan and Khuzestan
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 113th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 25th day of war
6,530 killed, including 640 civilians
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheila Asadi executed in Isfahan on February 23
MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arrest of Iranian-Austrian dual national Abbas Danesh
MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 24th day of war
A Deadly Day for Civilians
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on Arrests Against Citizens and Media
MARCH 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parnian Khodabakhshi held in limbo nearly four weeks after arrest
University student
MARCH 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 57 Nobel Laureates Endorse the National Council of Resistance of Iran
MARCH 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 23rd day of war
More Than 15% of the Total Fatalities Are Minors