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
- MARCH 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Scale of Iran rights abuses slammed at UN
At UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
MARCH 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 Public Executions in 2023
MARCH 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Tabarzin executed in Tabriz on March 17
MARCH 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yadollah Talebvand executed in Khorramabad on March 17
An army officer
MARCH 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Mehran Akrami lost his life under torture
A 32 year old Kurdish man
- MARCH 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Implemented Executions versus Forgiveness
282 executions for murder, but 857 avoided
- MARCH 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Juvenile Offenders Executed in 2023
2 confirmed, 3 unconfirmed
MARCH 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Bidrang executed in Qazvin on March 14
MARCH 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Executions for Adultery and Blasphemy in 2023
MARCH 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moein Salahvarzi executed in Ilam on March 11
After 32 years on death row
MARCH 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nour-Mohammad Tajik and Abdolbaset … executed in Karaj on March 11
Afhan nationals
MARCH 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Mansouri executed in Ilam on March 11