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 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report - Day 18 of Protests: at Least 3,428 Protesters Killed
JANUARY 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report - 18th day of protests: 2,615 dead, 18,470 arrested
- JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - IHR Report - At Least 734 Protesters Killed
JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IranIntl Report: At least 12,000 killed in Iran crackdown
JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report - Day 17 of Iran’s Protests: at least 2400 dead
JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Atari and Moharram Sarchemi executed in Tabriz on January 13
- JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Hemati and Abbas Sharifi executed in Sari on January 13
JANUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed on January 13IRAN 4 men executed on January 13
Mostafa Hemmati, Abbas Sharifi, Seyed Mohammad Attari, Moharram Sarchami
- JANUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 16th Day of Protests: Families of Victims Gather at Behesht Zahra Cemetery
JANUARY 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran-HRS Report: 2,046 arrested
JANUARY 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Video shows many dead in Tehran
JANUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IRGC Announces Arrest of a Foreign National on Charges of “Espionage”
Such claims are consistently met with skepticism