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
DECEMBER 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Akbari + unknown executed in Sari on December 18
DECEMBER 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qasim Salarzahi and Aziz Gargij executed on December 17
619 executions in 2022
DECEMBER 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Authorities arrested Taraneh Alidoosti
one of the country’s most famous actresses on charges of spreading falsehoods about protests
- DECEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Tehran Doctor Tortured And Killed For Treating Wounded Protesters
Aida Rostami, also Ayda Rostami
- DECEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Releases Teen After Mother’s Interview Goes Viral On Social Media
15-year-old Amirhossein Rahimi
DECEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sonia Sharifi released on bail
Young girl accused of ‘enmity against God’
- DECEMBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Amini and Amir Abbasi executed in Rasht on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Heidarzadeh executed in Zanjan on December 15
617 executions since the beginning of the year
- DECEMBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadali Seyedi executed in Qazvin on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sonia Sharifi, 17, charged with ‘waging war on God’
The young protester is at risk of death sentence
DECEMBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Mirza-Beigi executed in Qazvin on 15 December
DECEMBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Shariati executed in Kerman “in mid December”
The news reached the NGOs only on January 27, 2023.