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
- JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khosro Tarek and Kamal Bayanirad executed in Ilam on June 8
- JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Narouyi-Ghazagh executed in Birjand on June 8
JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Habibi executed in Khalkhal on June 8
JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sattar Arghandeh executed in Ilam on June 8
- JUNE 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death sentence against man who killed 2 clerics
JUNE 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Noor Ahmad Barangahzai executed in Isfahan on June 7
203 executions this year
JUNE 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Amouri, and Qadir Naseri executed in Ahvaz on June 7
- JUNE 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Six men executed in Gorgan Prison on June 6
JUNE 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Appeals Court upholds 16-year sentence against Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi
JUNE 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 11 men and 1 woman executed in Zahedan Prison on June 6, 2022
- JUNE 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Karimi executed in Rasht on June 2
JUNE 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Khanjani and Farhad Ramezanian executed in Rasht on June 2