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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Kurdish Woman Activist sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Targeted by Iranian Regime After Human Rights Report
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Saber Jamali executed in Hamedan on September 1
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Danesh and Akbar Zandi executed in Shiraz on September 1
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Narouyi executed in Kahnuj on September 1
- AUGUST 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Abbaszade executed in Zanjan on August 31
AUGUST 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirwan Abubakri executed in Mahabad on August 29
AUGUST 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisam Hosseinkhani executed in Khorramabad on August 28
AUGUST 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on August 28
Asad Khosravi, Milad Ali Mohammadi, Emad Motevalian and Rafi Abdolbari
AUGUST 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 68 Organisations Declare Support for “No Death Penalty Tuesdays”
- AUGUST 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fahim … executed in Isfahan on August 24