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 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ardabil on January 3
Naser Peydayi, Mohammad Nadiri, and Farzad Mohammadi
JANUARY 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Rasaei could be executed soon
Kurdish political prisoner arrested during Women-Life-Freedom
JANUARY 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Roya Heshmati, a Kurdish female activist, lashed 74 times
But still refused to wear the hijab
JANUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Abdollahi Executed in Karaj on January 2
Kurdish Political Prisoner
JANUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naghi Zayerfar executed in Maragheh on January 2
- JANUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 executions in Ardabil on January 2
JANUARY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 unidentified men executed in Karaj on January 1
JANUARY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj on January 1
Manouchehr Aqabi, Dariush Shekarzadeh, Masoud Rostami, Navkhas Maleki e Afshin Mohammadi
JANUARY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM 2023 Annual Report
850 executions
DECEMBER 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand on December 31
Shir Ahmad Sanjrani, Amanullah Sanjrani, Bidollah Brahui, Ghousalddin Nahtani, Javad Chopani, Hamid Jahani
DECEMBER 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Organization for Human Rights releases its 2023 report
Execution of 823 Prisoners in Iran during 2023
DECEMBER 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nur Ahmad Ghalandarzahi executed in Shiraz on December 31