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
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Darikvand executed in Khorramabad on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Bargpush and Mohammad Ahmadzadeh executed in Yasuj on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad (Sajjad) Emkani executed in Malayer on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Morad Kakayi executed in Gonabad on April 21
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Mahan Heydari (Heidari) executed in Ahvaz on April 21
APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Goudarzi executed in Dorud on April 20
- APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadollah Gorgij executed in Zahedan on April 20
APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Bahari executed in Gorgan on April 20
APRIL 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Shahsavari executed in Qom on April 20
APRIL 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Hosseinnejad Secretly Hanged
Kurdish Political Prisoner
- APRIL 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou at imminent risk of execution
APRIL 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Yavari Hanged in Gorgan on April 17