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
JULY 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Sharifi executed in Jiroft prison on 11 July
For murder
JULY 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir and Akbar Jalilifar executed in Isfahan Prison on July 10
On drug charges
JULY 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Ghanbari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on July 10
160th execution in Iran since the beginning of the year
JULY 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unknown prisoner executed on July 10 at Rajai Shahr Prison
For drug related crimes
JULY 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Sarhadi executed in Isfahan -Prison om July 10
For drug related charges
- JULY 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faizollah Ahmadzadeh executed in Qom on July 7
For drug-related charges
- JULY 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 'Mehdi' sentenced to death on 7 July
on charges of killing police officer
- JULY 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Man sentenced to death on a charge of Moharebeh
For extortion
- JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi G. executed in Mashhad Prison on July 5
For murder
- JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men, not identified, executed on July 5 in Maragheh Prison
For sexual relation with married woman
JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 16-year-old girl Shakiba Bakhtiar Murdered by Father in Honour Killing
By law, this will be considered a "minor offense"
JULY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Edris Gargij (Arbabzehi) executed in Zahedan Prison on July 5
For murder