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 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five prisoners executed in Arak prison
Saeed Moghadam, Sajjad Yousefi, Nasser, Reza, and Nasser Iranshahi
- NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shoaib Askani and Eshagh Askani executed in Zahedan on November 8
- NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iranian Protester Handed Death Sentence
Mahan Sedarat
- NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rashed Baloch and Ishaq Ishaq executed in Zahedan on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Votes to Execute Protesters
It is unclear whether this is a new law or just a "recommendation"
- NOVEMBER 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nematollah Barahouyi and Amanollah Alizehi executed in Zahedan on November 6
- NOVEMBER 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 inmates executed in Arak on November 6
unidentified
- NOVEMBER 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Protests: At least 304 Including 41 Minors Killed
- NOVEMBER 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Janali Gholamhosseini executed in Hamadan on November 3
- NOVEMBER 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj on November 2
- NOVEMBER 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Qaen Prison on November 2
Abdolsaboor Narouyi and an unidentified man
NOVEMBER 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Birjand prison on November 2
Nur Ahmad Totazahi, Abdullah Totazahi (Rigi). Mohammad Khushal and ... Khosravi