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
APRIL 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmadreza Djalali Beaten by Evin Prison Officials
APRIL 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 50 political prisoners await execution
A report from Javanehha
APRIL 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javaid Rehman Mandate Extended for Another Year
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
MARCH 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fakhredin Valedi and Hossein Joshan Executed in Isfahan on March 30
The news was published by IHR on 25 April
- MARCH 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Q. and Sadeq M. to be hanged in public
Charged with killing an intelligence officer in a clash
MARCH 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 executions in Arak Central Prison on March 27
Seyyed Feizollah Noorollahi, Ahmad Nouri, Hamid Goodarzian and Mohammad Najari
MARCH 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran-Backed Hezbollah Plans To Fight For Russia In Ukraine
MARCH 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Dismisses UN Human Rights Assessment As 'Biased Report'
- MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Aminullah Gargij executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
- MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 49th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Rehman’s Report Highlights Systemic Human Rights Violations in Iran
MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Ghoroobi and Gholamhossein Sadri executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz Prison on March 16
Abdolreza Shafiee, Ahmad Gorgij and Bashir Samadi