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 2, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
Two prisoners were hanged in public in two different towns in the Mazanderan province, reported the
Two prisoners were hanged in public in two different towns in the Mazanderan province, reported the
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 15 EXECUTED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
The clerical regime of Iran hanged 15 prisoners, reports regarding executions revealed.
AUGUST 28, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT INMATES HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
the Iranian regime's authorities hanged a group of eight prisoners in the main prison of Bandar Abbas,
- AUGUST 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS INCLUDING A PAKISTANI CITIZEN
AUGUST 24, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN BORAZJAN AND SARI
- AUGUST 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS INCLUDING A WOMAN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN, PRISONER’S FOUR FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PUBLIC
- AUGUST 21, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PUBLIC HANGINGS
AUGUST 18, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ELEVEN PEOPLE HANGED IN KARAJ, A MAN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN MIANEH
- AUGUST 13, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED IN TWO DIFFERENT IRANIAN PRISONS
AUGUST 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A 22-YEAR OLD MAN HANGED IN BIRJAND
- AUGUST 9, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
- AUGUST 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AT LEAST NINE PRISONERS EXECUTED IN RASHT AND ZAHEDAN, INCLUDING A JUVENILE OFFENDER HANGED ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER