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
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Ekhlaspour executed in Kerman on September 26
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Ataei executed in Isfahan on September 26
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Parsa Hassanzadeh executed in Isfahan on September 26
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Shiraz on September 25
Rasoul Shenbandi and Akbar Saadi-Khani
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaser Balandeh Executed in Jiroft Prison on September 25
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Karaj on September 25
The identities of the men were not disclosed
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kambakhsh Mahmoudi executed in Kermanshah on September 25
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Afrooz and Amirhossein Boroumand executed in Lahijan on September 24
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Malek-Hossein Torkashvand executed in Hamedan on September 23
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on September 23
Hassan Nejati, Mohammadreza Nejati, Fardin Ahmadi, and Amin Shahabi
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Alimardani and Mohammad Ghasaban executed in Qazvin on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Ahmadi executed in Shiraz on September 23