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
AUGUST 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Gorgij executed in Birjand on August 13
AUGUST 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death commission members of Summer 1988 in Iran revealed
AUGUST 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed on August 13
Abdul Ghani Arbabi, Hamed Jamshidi + Unk
AUGUST 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeid Biranvand executed in Khorramabad on August 13
500 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2023
AUGUST 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Khorramabad on August 13
AUGUST 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Cheraghali Bamri executed in Zahedan on August 12
AUGUST 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Roghieh Abedini, executed in Hamedan on August 12
217 women executed in Iran since 2007
- AUGUST 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rajai Shahr Prison Closure
Intentional Destruction of Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity
- AUGUST 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Prisoner swap with USA
Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, Emad Sharqi + 2 Unk.
AUGUST 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Karimdadzehi and Hamid Garkhil executed Mashhad on August 10
489 executions in 2023
AUGUST 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Rahimihedayat executed in Hamedan on August 10
AUGUST 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Barahouyi and Ahmad Narouyi executed in Mashhad on August 10