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 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eghbal Fathollahi and Mohsen Amraie executed in Karaj on November 28
NOVEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hani Shahbazi (Al-Boushehbazi) executed in Ahvaz on November 28.
Shahbazi was arrested during the November 2019 protests
NOVEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Bakhshayesh executed in Karaj on 28 November
NOVEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Agha Mohammadi and Naser Maghsoudi executed in Ilam on 28 November
NOVEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahram Mohammadbeigi executed in Ilam on November 28
NOVEMBER 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 more4 executions in Karaj on November 28
For a total of 7
- NOVEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Nahavand on November 26
Brothers Farshid and Farshad Pirhayati, Asghar Suri
NOVEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Rastkhiz executed in Shiraz on November 26
NOVEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Adel Damani executed in Chabahar on November 26
16 years old at the time of the alleged offence
NOVEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names of 50 female political prisoners in Iran’s Evin prison
- NOVEMBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - More information about the execution of Hamidreza Azari
He was 17 at the time of the crime
NOVEMBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Heydari executed in Khorramabad on November 25