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
JANUARY 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Karimpou and Farid Mohammadi executed in Maragheh on January 30
On sodomy charges
- JANUARY 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nasser Sohrabzehi Executed in Zahedan
JANUARY 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Kaveh executed in Rasht Prison on January 29
JANUARY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mir Soltan Amiri executed in Urmia on January 27
On drug-related charges
- JANUARY 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Brothers Yasser and Younes Nourizadeh Receive Death Penalty
For Drug Offences
JANUARY 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ghaneh and Akbar... executed in Shiraz on January 26
JANUARY 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qarchak Prison, a Nightmare for Women Prisoners
JANUARY 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran-HRM year end report
More than 365 prisoners have been executed in 2021 in Iran
JANUARY 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Narges Mohammadi sentenced to eight years imprisonment and 70 lashes
Prominent human rights defender
- JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Edris Gomshad-Zehi executed in Zahedan Prison on January 20
- JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three men executed in Zabol Prison on January 20
Mohammad Amin Dehmardeh, Parviz Akbarirad and Jamaleddin Gargij
- JANUARY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Zahedan Prison on January 20
Khodanazar Kakar, Hosseinali Khomr, Abdolhamid Esmailzehi, Dadshah Sarani, Ataollah Barahouyi and Mehrollah Dehmardeh