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 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Kahrazehi Executed in Zahedan Prison on August 28
For murder
AUGUST 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Ali Hosseini executed at Qom Prison on August 24
For murder
- AUGUST 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - IHR Strongly Condemns Arrest of 7 Lawyers and Civil Activists
- AUGUST 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Esfarayen
Date unknown
- AUGUST 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Ghanbarzehi and Nabi Notizehi executed in Kerman Prison on August 9
On drug charges
- AUGUST 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Afshar Minayi executed in Kermanshah Prison on August 9
For murder
- AUGUST 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zabiollah Hormozi executed in Mashhad Prison on August 9
At least 81 people executed on drug charges in 2021
AUGUST 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Soltan-Abadi executed in Kermanshah Prison on August 9
IHR obtained information on October 8
- AUGUST 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Hassani-Kiazehi and Seyed Esmail Kurdtamini hanged in Isfahan Prison on August 8
On drug related charges
- AUGUST 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salim Mohammadi executed in Isfahan prison on August 8
No information about his charges
- AUGUST 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Golebacheh executed in Birjand Prison on August 8
On drug charges
AUGUST 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hassani-Kiazehi executed in Isfahan Prison on August 8
On drug-related charges