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 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mass Killing of Protesters: The International Community Must Stop This Crime
JANUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Mousavi killed during the protests
JANUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 14th day of protests
116 persons killed
- JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalil Doustyar Barahoui killed on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report: 13 people killed on January 8 and 9 in Tehran
Setayesh Shafiei, Ahmad Ebadi Kamand, Ali Anbarestani, Arash Behfar, Ata Ebrahimpour, Amirali Kiani, Hassan Shakhesi, Daniel Maranki, Mohammad Entezami, Amir Mohammad Yazdani, Arash Yazdani, Mohammad Mohammadi-Mohab, Ali Rezaei
JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 killed in Isfahan on January 9
Abolfazl Bakhtiari Douraki, Farzin Rahimi Douraki, Khani Asadi, Shahram Maqsoudi, Mohsen Asadi, Navid Alam-Chehreh
JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 killed in Karaj on January 8 and 9
Mohammadreza Zamini, Abolfazl Arvin-Talab, Moein Gholami
JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four killed during protests in Razavi Khorasan
Mohammad-Amin Hosseini, Sajad Ordouni Kabir, Mousa al-Reza Akbari e Abolfazl Paydar
JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Ali Jalilian killed on January 9
JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Iran-HRS Year End Report: 2228 executions
The Bloodiest Year in the Past Four Decades
JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 13th day of protests
65 killed, 2,311 arrested
JANUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Zatparvar, athlete from Rasht, killed by direct gunfire