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
JULY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dariush Khazai and Mahmood Sadeghian executed in Dastgerd Prison on July 20
JULY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Sarband executed in in Birjand on July 20
JULY 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Filmmaker Jafar Panahi to serve 6 years for defending free speech
- JULY 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UNITED NATIONS - Sweden. Javaid Rehman lauded the conviction in Sweden against Hamid Noury
JULY 14, 2022SwedenDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sweden. The Stockholm District Court sentenced Hamid Noury to life
For “serious crimes against international law” and "murder"
JULY 14, 2022TürkiyeDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Instagram Star Milad Hatemi Faces Death Penalty Over Betting Sites
- JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Asghar Khalili executed in Isfahan on July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Garavand and Mohammad Hatami executed in Karaj on July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Safari and Amirhossein Abadi executed in Isfahan
On June 20 and July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ilam Prison on July 13
- JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 'Driven By Fear': Iran Cracks Down On Dissent Amid Rising Public Discontent
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ch executed in Mashhad on July 12