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 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Sadaqat executed in Yasouj on January 8
JANUARY 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified Woman Executed on January 7 in Karaj
JANUARY 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protesters Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini executed
Location not mentioned
JANUARY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Helvai (Sadatian) executed in Isfahan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Another protester sentenced to death
Arshia Takdastan
JANUARY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Abbaszadeh and Mehdi Askari executed in Karaj on January 5
- JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Renowned actress, Alidousti, released from prison
On bail
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saadollah Karimi Serini executed in Kermanshah on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Mohammadi executed in Karaj on 4 January
JANUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Farhad (Farah) Karimi executed Kermanshah on January 4
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IRGC member gunned down in Tehran
Ghassem Fathollahi
JANUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran indicts 2 French nationals, 1 Belgian for espionage