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
- OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Qarelu executed in Neyshabur on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Jahangiri executed in Qom on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Dehghan Mangabadi executed in Qom, on October 15
- OCTOBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammad Saeedi and Sadegh Afkendeh executed in Zanjan on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 201 people killed in nationwide protests
Including 23 minors
OCTOBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Over 400 children detained during Iran protests
OCTOBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - More than 26 minors have been killed in the nationwide uprising
- OCTOBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Names of 202 Martyrs of Uprising
Published by National Council of Resistance of Iran
OCTOBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - World Day Against the Death Penalty: HRANA Annual Report
Between October 10, 2021, and October 7, 2022, at least 528 executions in Iran
OCTOBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - World Day Against Death Penalty, extrajudiciary killings in Iran
OCTOBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Protests: at Least 185 Killed/19 Children Amongst Dead
OCTOBER 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On the killing of 16-year-old Sarina Esmailzadeh