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
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DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Ghaffari executed in Qom on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Brothers Ali and Jasem Manian executed in Isfahan on December 24
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yarhossein Shokri executed in Khorramabad on December 24
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Singer Parastoo Ahmadi and Musicians Charged Over Virtual Concert
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Loghman Ahmadi Aghdam executed in Urmia on December 23
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Arjmand executed in Arak on December 23
DECEMBER 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadegh Johari and Karim Oladi executed in Qazvin on December 22
DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soltan Jahantigh executed in Zahedan on December 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arman Samadi executed in Isfahan on December 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashkan Parseh executed in Isfahan on 21 December
- DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Moradian executed in Kermanshah on December 21