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
APRIL 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Sanambari executed in Arak on April 27
APRIL 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman and 2 men executed in Karaj on April 25
The woman identified only as Sahar, or Shahnaz
APRIL 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Khademi executed in Saqqez on April 25
- APRIL 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Asgari executed in Arak on April 24
APRIL 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Toomaj Salehi, a protest rapper, sentenced to death
APRIL 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on April 24
Shahram Sharghi, Ali Reza Aghaei and Pezhman Azizi
APRIL 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yavar Aminkhah executed in Saveh on April 24
- APRIL 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iranian Rapper's Death Sentence Changed To 5 Years In Prison
Kurdish dissident rapper Saman Yasin was arrested during nationwide protests in 2022
APRIL 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Ali Sobhani executed in Gorgan on April 23
APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolbari Pashtu and Alireza Pourshahbaz (Shahbaz) executed in Karaj on April 21
APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Taybad on April 21
Esmaeil Esmaeil-Zadeh, Mohammad-Amin Mohammad-Pour + Unk
- APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Khoshavaz executed in Karaj on April 21