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
- NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death sentence for the mother of 3
6-year-old girl shot in the eye
NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Brahui executed in Bandar Abbas on November 30
NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran To Try 10 Underage Protesters On Death Penalty Charges
- NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran sentences 4 people to death for ‘cooperating’ with Israel
Maybe even executed
- NOVEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - … Turkzadeh executed in Hamadan on November 28
(first name unknown)
NOVEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Amin Omar Zehi and Noor Mohammad Mazar Zehi executed in Zahedan on November 28
NOVEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Salah Zahi executed in Iranshahr on November 28
NOVEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence For Anyone Contacting Foreign Media
- NOVEMBER 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Changiz Gergij executed in Zabol on November 27
- NOVEMBER 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Omar Khameh executed in Mashhad on November 27
NOVEMBER 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ziber Brahui executed in Zahedan on November 27
NOVEMBER 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Muhammad Umar Khame executed in Mashhad