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
JULY 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Instagram Star Milad Hatemi Faces Death Penalty Over Betting Sites
- JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Asghar Khalili executed in Isfahan on July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Garavand and Mohammad Hatami executed in Karaj on July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Safari and Amirhossein Abadi executed in Isfahan
On June 20 and July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ilam Prison on July 13
- JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 'Driven By Fear': Iran Cracks Down On Dissent Amid Rising Public Discontent
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ch executed in Mashhad on July 12
JULY 12, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. Rights Groups Call on Belgium Not To Swap Prisoners With Iran
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Moradgholi executed in Sari Prison on July 12
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Jamshidi executed in Sari on July 12
- JULY 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unnamed man executed in Jolfa Prison
Possibly on July 11
JULY 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Naser Fahimi lashed 74 times
At Greater Tehran Penitentiary