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
NOVEMBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ismail Faqirdadzehi executed in Zahedan on November 17
NOVEMBER 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Execution of two prisoners in Torbat Jam prison on November 14
Mohammad Nabi Soleimani (Rigi) and Abdullah Sufi (Golmir Rigi)
NOVEMBER 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dawood Bahrami executed in Hamadan on November 14
NOVEMBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sultan Seifi executed in Qom on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on November 13
Vali Roudini, Mohsen Anshini and Emam Bakhsh Narouyi
- NOVEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - More than 54 minors under the age of 18 killed in the nationwide uprising
UNICEF statement expressed deep concern
NOVEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three Men Executed in Shiraz on November 12
Vahid Pakzad, Keyvan Tajadod and an unidentified man
- NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five prisoners executed in Arak prison
Saeed Moghadam, Sajjad Yousefi, Nasser, Reza, and Nasser Iranshahi
- NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shoaib Askani and Eshagh Askani executed in Zahedan on November 8
- NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iranian Protester Handed Death Sentence
Mahan Sedarat
- NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rashed Baloch and Ishaq Ishaq executed in Zahedan on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Votes to Execute Protesters
It is unclear whether this is a new law or just a "recommendation"