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
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mardan Boland Gerami was executed in Yasuj Prison on September 8
Sentenced for murder through a qassameh ceremony
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 women hanged in Gohardasht Prison on September 8
121 women executed in Iran since 2013
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Morad and Heibat Rouzbi executed on September 8 in Taybad Prison
For drug-related charges
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 Death Sentences Commuted to Prison Terms
For drug-related charges
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prisoner only named as Nouramad executed in Mashhad Prison on September 5
For murder
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karamat executed in Vakilabad Prison on September 5
For murder
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Rezaeipour, 70th Person Executed on Drug Charges in 2021
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Sadeghzadeh executed in Ardabil Prison on September 1
For murder
AUGUST 31, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Attazadeh tortured and murdered in Ahar prison
On August 31, 2021
AUGUST 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Kahrazehi Executed in Zahedan Prison on August 28
For murder
AUGUST 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Ali Hosseini executed at Qom Prison on August 24
For murder
AUGUST 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Strongly Condemns Arrest of 7 Lawyers and Civil Activists