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
APRIL 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jaber Aminifar executed in Birjand on April 30
APRIL 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Birjand on April 30
Mrs. Madina Sabzevan, Mohammad Shibak, Abdullah Zarouzhi
- APRIL 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Zahedan on April 29
APRIL 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Rahmani executed in Iranshahr on April 29
APRIL 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eid Mohammad Shadman executed on April 29
Not clear whether in Iranshahr or Zahedan
APRIL 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Zahedan on April 29
Nematollah Rigi Ladiz and Abdolsattar Shahuzehi
APRIL 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - KHRN annual report on the situation of human rights in Iran
Focused on the Kurdish ethnic group
APRIL 26, 2023GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamshid Sharmahd’s death sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court
German-Iranian citizen
APRIL 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Plea to Save Ahmadreza Djalali
Iranian-Swedish Scholar in Death Row
APRIL 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Chahargosheh executed in Gohardasht on April 24
APRIL 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Nikouyi executed in Gohardasht on April 24
APRIL 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nayeb Askari sentences to death for second time
Kurdish political prisoner