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 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahbaz Latifi Sarini executed in Kermanshah on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Reza Hosseini executed in Hamedan on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three Baluch political prisoners executed in Zahedan on November 13
Mohammad Barahouyi Anjomani, Mohammad Karim Barkazayi Akson and Edris Bilrani
NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza … executed in Isfahan on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on November 12
Vahid Salemi, Behrouz Dinarbar and Ahmad Mohammadi
NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Joshani and Taher Arefi executed in Shiraz on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolkhalegh Parvizi executed in Ramhormoz on November 12
- NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Arbabzehi and Abdolhagh Gomshadzehi executed in Zahedan on November 11.
NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisam Chandani executed in Zahedan on November 11
A Baloch political prisoner
- NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Barakzehi executed in Saravan on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fahim Moghabeli executed in Jifoft on November 11
NOVEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar … executed in Tabriz “in the last week”
692 executions in Iran in 2023