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 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Arab Gicheh executed in Karaj on January 10
JANUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgian Olivier Vandecasteele Sentenced to 40 Years
Iranian forcing to get a prisoner exchange
JANUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Karmi executed in Arak on January 10
Already 30 executions since the beginning of the year
JANUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three More Protesters Sentenced To Death
Javad Rouhi, Kimia Javadi and Mehdi Mohammadifar
JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nazir Surkh Kaman executed in Roodan prison on January 9
- JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mirajan Mohammadi executed in Roodān on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Lawandpour executed in Karaj on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalegh Khizirzadeh executed in Bandar Abbas on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three More Death Sentences Over Protests
Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi
JANUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pardel Ahmad Khanzahi executed on January 8 in Zahedan
JANUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranian Arrested In Germany On Suspicion Of Planning Terrorist Attack
JANUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Kerman on January 8