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
APRIL 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Narges Mohammadi and Aliyeh Motallebzadeh Arrested
And Sent Back to Qarchak Prison
APRIL 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Golmohammad ... executed in the Prison of Karaj City on April 11
APRIL 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Jafari killed of torture in Tehran
During detention by Tehran intelligence police
APRIL 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3rd Public Execution Sentence In Less Than A Month
Name not disclosed
- APRIL 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Christian converts sentenced to prison and fines
APRIL 9, 2022SwedenDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmadreza Djalali Beaten by Evin Prison Officials
APRIL 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 50 political prisoners await execution
A report from Javanehha
APRIL 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javaid Rehman Mandate Extended for Another Year
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
MARCH 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fakhredin Valedi and Hossein Joshan Executed in Isfahan on March 30
The news was published by IHR on 25 April
- MARCH 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Q. and Sadeq M. to be hanged in public
Charged with killing an intelligence officer in a clash
MARCH 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 executions in Arak Central Prison on March 27
Seyyed Feizollah Noorollahi, Ahmad Nouri, Hamid Goodarzian and Mohammad Najari
MARCH 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran-Backed Hezbollah Plans To Fight For Russia In Ukraine