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 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Jahanbani executed in Hamedan on March 16
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Latest UN Report: Deadly Repression of Kurds, Balochs, and Arabs in Iran
eport by Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Faramarz Keyfari and Kourosh Zare executed in Rasht
On February 25 and March 16
MARCH 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tahmas Kalani executed in Nahavand on March 15
MARCH 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heidar Safdari and Sohrab Niazi executed in Qazvin on March 15
MARCH 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Kazemzadeh and Mohammadreza Basiri executed in Semnan on March 13
- MARCH 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Yarmohammadi executed in Dorud on March 13
MARCH 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Vahidi executed in Sari on March 12
232 executions in 2025
- MARCH 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hojjat Torkaman executed in Malayer on March 11
MARCH 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 59th week of "No to execution Tuesdays"
MARCH 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sentences Reduced for Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi
2 young Political Prisoners
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Saeedi executed in Zanjan on March 9