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
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nizam Dehmordeh executed in Yazd on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mohammad Ahmadi executed in Kermanshah on January 11
JANUARY 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Final balance of executions in 2023
JANUARY 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Mirzaei and Mahmoud Mirzaei executed in Karaj on January 10
JANUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hossein Garavand and Kaiumars Gholami executed in Karaj on January 8
JANUARY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Sobhani and Akbar Javadzadeh executed in Rasht on January 7
JANUARY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Saravani executed in Zahedan on December 16
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soheil Jalvaran and Hojat Kalkhoran executed in Ardabil on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Sabzevar on January 4
Hashem Zorabadi, Amir Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Kivanlu
- JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheil Jeloran and Hojjat Kalkhoran executed in Ardabil on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Moradian executed in Hamadan on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Barzegar executed in Yazd on January 4