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 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hamzeh Palangi executed in Kerman on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 10th Day of Protests: 36 Dead in 285 Demonstrations
JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Asgari and Tayebeh Hekmat executed in Zanjan on January 5
Hekmat is the first woman executed in 2026
JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 9th Day of Protests
More Than 1,200 Protesters Arrested, 29 killed
JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali-Bakhsh Khanmohammadi executed in Bukan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rostam Hariri executed in Semnan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amirreza Sarlak executed in Doroud on January 5
JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Alishahi executed in Qom on January 4
- JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 16 men executed on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw: at least 17 people killed during the first week of protests
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