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
- JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed … executed in Gorgan on June 18
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kerman on June 18
Mohammad Sepahi, Fazl Ahmad Ghafran, Gholam Mir + Unk
- JUNE 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Rakhshani executed in Zahedan on June 17
- JUNE 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Brar Kazemi executed in Shiraz on June 17
- JUNE 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Man (not identified) sentenced to death for killing MP
- JUNE 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hasan Ali Hasanpour executed in Gachsaran on June 14
- JUNE 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Qobadi executed in Yasuj on June 14
- JUNE 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid… executed in Gohardasht on June 13
JUNE 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Gohardasht on June 13
Vahid Dinpajuh, Hamedi Ahmadi + 2 Unk
JUNE 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Al-Naser executed in Ahvaz on June 12
361 executions since the beginning of the year
JUNE 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Pourkhosravani executed in Sirjan on June 12
- JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Haidar Chishti + Unk executed in Torbat-e-Jam on June 11