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 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 8th Day of Protests
Demonstrations in 222 Locations, at least 19 victims
JANUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 7th Day of Protests
582 arrested, and at least 15 lost their lives
JANUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arrest of 81 Teenagers in Yasuj and 200 Citizens in Qom During Protests
JANUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on January 3
Ebrahim Bazvand, Arman Masjedi, Hashem Memari
- JANUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on January 3
Khalil Rahmani, Fahim Rasoulzadeh, Asghar Shahi
JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 77 new arrests
JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the Sixth Day of Protests
Violence by Security Forces and an Increase in the Arrest of Protesters
JANUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 5th Day of Protests
Expansion of Gatherings and Violence
JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names of 29 arrested protesters
Including 7 women
- JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on January 1
Mola Morad Ghobadi, Hossein Morad Zamani, Khodayar Mirzazadeh
JANUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on 4th Day of Protests
Expansion of Gatherings and Intensification of the Security Atmosphere
DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on December 31
Saeed Partouy, Ali Partouy, Arash Shams, Naser Mirzayi and Sohrab Imani