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 18, 2024GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - German lawmakers sponsor 4 Iranian protesters on death row
Tobias B. Bacherle, Oliver Kaczmarek, Anne Monika Spallek, Lisa-Kristin Kapteinat
NOVEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodarahim Popalzei executed in Bandar Abbas on November 18
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Molayie executed in Khorramabad on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faraj Sarmadi executed in Zanjan on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Faqiri and Parviz Barahoui executed in Birjand on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Another man executed in Birjand on 17 November. Not identified
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahrouz Alimorad executed in Ardabil on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahrouz Alimorad executed in Ardabil on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bamri executed in Kahnuj on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Yarmohammadi executed in Hamedan on November 17
- NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Karami executed in Isfahan on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghafar Akbari died after severe torture on November 16