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 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 prisoners executed in Shiraz prison on October 2
Hashim Mahmoodzadeh, Yusuf Ali Chalani, Abbas Fatahalian, Haider Ramezani
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qasem Shah Bakhsh executed in Zahedan on September 29
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kiomars Parvaneh and Hasan Hojjati executed in Qazvin on September 28
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morteza Brahui executed in Zahedan on September 28
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 76 protesters killed by security forces
On the 11th day of unrest after the killing of the young Masha Amini
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 54 protesters killed by security forces
8th day of protests for Mahsa Amini
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 31 protesters killed by security forces
Nationwide protests for Mahsa Amini
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sirus Sha’alani executed in Karaj on September 19
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahsa Amini passed away in hospital today
A 22-year-old woman arrested by the Guidance Patrol on September 14
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Hemat Estaki and an unidentified man executed in Daran Prison
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmed Panahi Khanqa executed in Ardabil on September 12
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Agha Mohammadi executed in Isfahan on September 11