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
- NOVEMBER 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Niaz Jadgal executed in Chabahar Prison on November 23
NOVEMBER 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Lotfi executed in Ilam on November 23
NOVEMBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 416 people including 51 children and 27 women killed in the ongoing nationwide protests
Killed byy security forces
- NOVEMBER 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran sentences to death 6th person over protests
NOVEMBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hakim Dehmardeh executed in Taibad on November 19
NOVEMBER 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Abdollahi and Fariborz Shahbazi executed in Rasht on November 17
- NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three protestors were sentenced to death
Arrested in Tehran
- NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Moulai executed in Hamedan on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Abil executed in Mashhad on November 17
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab … executed in Mashhad on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Dehmardeh executed in Birjand on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran tried to assassinate British residents 10 times this year
MI5 reveals