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 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on November 19
Abdulghafoor Mahmoudi, Mohammad Hussein TashtZar, Ali Payam
NOVEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Zainaldini executed in Shiraz on November 19
- NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 more executions in Karaj on November 15
3 other executions have already been reported, bringing the total to 9
- NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Shirzadeh executed in Tabriz on November 15
- NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Kerman on November 15
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least three men executed in Karaj on November 15
Bagher Mohammadi Geravand, Nazir Mohammad + Unk
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zarkhatoun Mazarzehi, executed in Kerman on November 15
19th woman executed in Iran in 2023
NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Bakhshandeh executed in Gonbad Kavous on November 15
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Babazadeh Ayan executed in Salmas on November 14
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bandar Abbas
Date of execution not specified
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Gomshadzehi executed in Zahedan on November 14
NOVEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Confirmed the death sentence of 22-year-old Milad Zohrevand
A protester detained during last year's nationwide unrest