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
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Kerman on May 8
Fariba Mohammad-Zahi, Abdollah Ozbakzahi, and Khalilollah Brahui
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khan Mohammad Eshaghzehi executed in Semnan on May 8
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging
On May 8
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Azbakzehi and Khalilullah Barahoei executed in Kahnoj on May 8
- MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Houshang Nourollahi Younjanlou and Mohammad Afghan executed in Gorgan on May 8
MAY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Moharrer executed in Urmia on May 7
- MAY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Asghar Falah executed in Qom on May 5
MAY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Mahmood Mehrabi sentenced to death
On May 5
MAY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Bayazidi executed in Isfahan on May 5
- MAY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soraya Mohammadi executed in Karaj on April 24
MAY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Maybe the woman identifies as Shahnaz was not executed
MAY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaghoub Amiri executed in Ardabil on May 2
198 executions in 2024