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'Ă, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
- JUNE 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Kiani executed in Dieselabad Prison in Kermanshah on June 12
- JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four men executed in Zabol Prison on June 11
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hijwan executed in Jiroft on June 13
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Mohammad Rigi executed in Zahedan on June 13
JUNE 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Kiani Dehkiani executed in Kermanshah on June 12
JUNE 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Touraj Keshavarz and Ali Samandarnejad executed in Zanjan on June 11
JUNE 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghlich Shokouhi and Vahid Behmaram executed in Urmia on June 10
JUNE 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayub Lotfi executed on June 10 in Diezelabad prison
- JUNE 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yousef Beigi executed in Kermanshah on June 9
JUNE 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Baba Sabzi executed in Kermanshah on June 9
JUNE 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Amini executed in Amol Prison on June 9
- JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Takrouy and Hojat Asiabani executed in Ardabil on June 8