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
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 54 protesters killed by security forces
8th day of protests for Mahsa Amini
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 31 protesters killed by security forces
Nationwide protests for Mahsa Amini
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sirus Sha’alani executed in Karaj on September 19
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahsa Amini passed away in hospital today
A 22-year-old woman arrested by the Guidance Patrol on September 14
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Hemat Estaki and an unidentified man executed in Daran Prison
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmed Panahi Khanqa executed in Ardabil on September 12
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Agha Mohammadi executed in Isfahan on September 11
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehran Noormohammadi executed in Isfahan on September 11
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Aghosh executed in Zanjan on September 11
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men and 1 woman executed in Zahedan on September 10
142nd woman to be executed in 9 years
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Brahui executed in Birjand on September 10
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Allah Nour Salarzehi executed in Minab Prison on September 7