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
AUGUST 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Malek Ashtar and Ahmadreza Toni executed in Khorramabad on August 3
- AUGUST 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Parseh + Unk. executed in Khorramabad on August 1
- JULY 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heshmat Moradian executed in Yasuj on July 31
- JULY 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fazl Ahmad Fatehnia executed in Zahedan on July 31
JULY 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kazem Fatehi executed in Isfahan on July 31
JULY 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nabi Bakhsh Molazehi executed in Minab on July 30
JULY 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahim Jangizehi executed in Minab on July 29
JULY 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men and 1 woman executed in Khorramabad on July 27
Ardeshir Maleki, Azim Amrayi (Emraei), … Farrokhnejad + Unk.
- JULY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghadir Jamshidi executed in Torbat-e Jam on July 25
JULY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Sheikheh executed in Urmia on July 25
Kurdish-Sunni political prisoner
- JULY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hasan Yousefi Azar executed in Urmia on July 25
JULY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Moharramkhani and Hamed Naderi executed in Qazvin on July 25