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
- JUNE 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shah Gholam Kanjourian executed in Babol on June 16
JUNE 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Norouzi executed in Rasht on June 16
JUNE 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 8 men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 15
At least 56 people executed in the last two weeks
JUNE 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four more men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 15
Abbas Eskandarzadeh, Amir Jafari, Jamshid Akbari and Avaz Mohammadi
- JUNE 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on June 12
- JUNE 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Kiani executed in Dieselabad Prison in Kermanshah on June 12
- JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four men executed in Zabol Prison on June 11
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hijwan executed in Jiroft on June 13
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Mohammad Rigi executed in Zahedan on June 13
JUNE 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Kiani Dehkiani executed in Kermanshah on June 12
JUNE 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Touraj Keshavarz and Ali Samandarnejad executed in Zanjan on June 11
JUNE 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghlich Shokouhi and Vahid Behmaram executed in Urmia on June 10