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
JULY 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khezr Ghavidel acquitted after execution
Relatives always insisted on the irregularities of the trial
JULY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Azmoudeh and Shahriar Amiri executed in Urmia on July 3
For drugs
JULY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The trial of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi was held on July 3
Young scientists accused of links with the opposition
JULY 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khamenei Appoints Mohseni-Eje’i as Judiciary Chief
Had a direct role in almost all crimes and executions in the past 42 years
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death row juvenile offender Ali Arjangi pays diya
Escapes execution
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man, identified only as “M.”, executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For murder
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Azim Karimizayi executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For drugs
JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Taher Soleimani executed in Mahabad Prison on June 30
For drugs
- JUNE 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as A. A., executed in Mashhad Prison on June 30
For killing his wife
JUNE 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Urgent Action To Save Hossein Kheiri
A Political Prisoner Sentenced To Death
JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raisi must be held accountable for torturing prisoners
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
JUNE 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayatollah Khamenei grants clemency to 5,100 prisoners
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei