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
- AUGUST 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Hassan Eghdami and Ebrahim Afrashteh executed in Qom Prison on August 4
For drugs
AUGUST 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Afsordeh executed at Jiroft Prison on August 4
For murder
AUGUST 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Tondroo (Tondro) executed at Karaj Central Prison on August 4
For murder
- AUGUST 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Karimi executed in Isfahan Prison on August 2
For drugs
- AUGUST 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Eskandar Zare, Sepehr Abbasnejad and Hamzeh Rezaei executed in Urmia on August 2
For drug-related charges
- AUGUST 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad (Sajjad) Sanjari, a minor, executed in Dizelabad prison on August 2
He was 15 years old at the time of the crime
- AUGUST 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan ... and Ali ... executed in Mashhad Prison on August 1
For murder
- JULY 31, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four unidentified men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on July 31
For murder
- JULY 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massoud Esfandiari executed on June 30 in Kermanshah Prison
For murder
JULY 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Fatehi, Mansour Mohammadi and Mozafar ... executed in Qazvin Prison on July 28
For drug-related charges
- JULY 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Raisi executed at Jiroft Prison on July 28
For murder
- JULY 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohandes ... executed on July 27 at Karaj Prison
For murder