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
MARCH 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Dismisses UN Human Rights Assessment As 'Biased Report'
- MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Aminullah Gargij executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
- MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 49th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Rehman’s Report Highlights Systemic Human Rights Violations in Iran
MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Ghoroobi and Gholamhossein Sadri executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz Prison on March 16
Abdolreza Shafiee, Ahmad Gorgij and Bashir Samadi
MARCH 16, 2022United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anousheh Ashouri Freed
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed at Gohardasht Prison on March 16
Gholam Ali Khaurgir, Abbas Khaurgir, and Mohsen Jandaghi
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zubayd … executed in Isfahan on March 16, 2022
(unknown surname)
- MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz Central Prison on March 16
Ali Sahandi, Mohammad Hossein Sahandi, Sadegh Sahebi and Bashir Kaboli
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Hashemi executed in Qazvin Prison on March 16
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bashir Kameli executed on March 16
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Rastegar and Gholamreza Paki executed in Isfahan on March 16