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 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. Rights Groups Call on Belgium Not To Swap Prisoners With Iran
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Moradgholi executed in Sari Prison on July 12
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Jamshidi executed in Sari on July 12
- JULY 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unnamed man executed in Jolfa Prison
Possibly on July 11
JULY 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Naser Fahimi lashed 74 times
At Greater Tehran Penitentiary
JULY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Keyvan Emamverdi sentenced to death
JULY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Rahmani and Mehrollah Rigi executed in Qom on July 9
JULY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. What Lessons Can Belgium Learn That France Never Did?
More on the Assadi case
- JULY 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. More against the release of Assadi
- JULY 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Poland. Polish Scientist Maciej Walczak Arrested in Iran
- JULY 7, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
RAN - Belgium. Global firestorm brewing over Belgium’s disgraceful deal with Iran’s regime
- JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Turkey. Abdul Wahab Kocak Sentenced To Life In Prison
Accused Of Killing Iranian Dissident In Turkey