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
JANUARY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM Year-End report
Iran Executed At Least 993 in 2024
JANUARY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Farman Afristam executed in Kermanshah on January 7
JANUARY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Saadi executed in Ahvaz on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Atin and Reza Seyedi executed in Mahabad on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Year-End Report on Women
31 women executed in 2024
JANUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Bahmanyari execeted in Ganaveh on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khalil Alizahi e Amir Mohammad Farahani executed in Shiraz on January 5
JANUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Azadi executed in Hamedan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Arzandeh and Mohammadreza Hosseinzadeh executed in Shiraz on January 5
JANUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalil Alizahi (Sargolzahi) and Amir-Mohammad Farahani executed in Shiraz on January 5
JANUARY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran News Update Year-End report
Iran Executed At Least 997 in 2024
JANUARY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramezan Taheri executed in Taybad on January 4