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 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Strikes on the fourth anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s killing
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report: List of More Than 4,200 People Killed in January 2026 Protests
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nemat Maghami hanged in Ahvaz on September 16
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrdad Asadi Hanged in Ghezel-Hesar on September 16
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zeinab Rajabi, and Vahid Vafaei executed in Isfahan
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolrahim Narouei Rouzaneh executed in Isfahan on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolrahim Narouyi and Houshang Soltani executed in Isfahan
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Rezvan Asgharzadeh, executed in Isfahan on September 14
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Ahmadpour executed in Jiroft on September 13
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed on September 13
Amanollah Nazarkhani, Hashem Rakhshani, Asghar Pishahang, Mohammad Mousazahi, and Yousef Abil.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalil Afghan executed in Zahedan on September 13
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Nazari and Hossein Rasoulinasab sentenced to death
2 ‘Protesters’