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 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 12th day of protests
At Least 45 protesters killed, including 8 Children
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Yousefi killed by direct gunfire
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranian forces killed Robina Aminian during protests
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 12th Day of Protests
The death toll has reached 42 people, including 5 minors and 8 security personnel
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aida Heidari and Zahra Behloulipour killed during protests
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ako Mohammadi killed during the protests
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Ghorbani and Bahram Zahedi killed during the protests
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR report on 8th day of protests
45 killed
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Navid Salehi and Bayat Sobhani killed during protests
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Qazvin on January 7
Hessam Moloudnejad, Alireza Yadegar + 2
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharif Hadavi executed in Mahshahr on January 7
- JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men 1 woman executed on January 7
2nd woman of 2026