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 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Narooie and Mohammad Shahi executed on July 7
JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Narouyi executed in Zahedan on July 7
JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zarif Kakar executed in Zabol Prison on July 7
- JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. Belgium Provisionally Clears Iran Prisoner-Swap Treaty
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Moradi executed in Gachsaran Prison on July 6
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Zekri executed in Shiraz on July 6
- JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Karimi executed in Sari Prison on July 6
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Tabriz on July 6
- JULY 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on July 5
- JULY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - More about the June 29 executions in Rajai Shahr
1, maybe 2 gays
- JULY 2, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. A law in Belgium could lead to the release of Assadi, the Iranian diplomat in prison for planning a terror attack
- JULY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. Iran Reportedly Holds Two Belgians As Brussels Plans Prisoner Swap