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
OCTOBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Faraji executed in Aligudarz on October 22
501 executions since the beginning of 2022
OCTOBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Ghorbani-Bendarati executed in Isfahan on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Sari on October 19
OCTOBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Evin Prison: IHR Calls for Urgent UN Mechanism to Prevent Further Atrocities
OCTOBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Karimabadi executed in Hamedan on October 16
- OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Qarelu executed in Neyshabur on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Jahangiri executed in Qom on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Dehghan Mangabadi executed in Qom, on October 15
- OCTOBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammad Saeedi and Sadegh Afkendeh executed in Zanjan on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 201 people killed in nationwide protests
Including 23 minors
OCTOBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Over 400 children detained during Iran protests
OCTOBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - More than 26 minors have been killed in the nationwide uprising