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 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Zekri executed in Shiraz on July 6
- JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Karimi executed in Sari Prison on July 6
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Tabriz on July 6
- JULY 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on July 5
- JULY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - More about the June 29 executions in Rajai Shahr
1, maybe 2 gays
- JULY 2, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. A law in Belgium could lead to the release of Assadi, the Iranian diplomat in prison for planning a terror attack
- JULY 2, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. Iran Reportedly Holds Two Belgians As Brussels Plans Prisoner Swap
JULY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahmat Valinejad executed in Zabol on July 2
- JUNE 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 inmates executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 29
Iman Safari-rad, Mehdi Khlagaldi and 8 yet not identified
JUNE 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrollah Iliad and an identified man executed in Karaj on June 27
JUNE 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Sanjari executed in Jiroft on June 26
- JUNE 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jilan Nourzehi executed in Kerman on June 23