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
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Sargolzayi executed in Mashhad on April 30
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Mangoli (Gorgij) executed in Birjand on April 30
- APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mousa Fazeli executed in Qom on April 30
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran commutes death sentence for Babak Zanjani, a billionaire tycoon
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Imani executed in Khorramabad on April 30
APRIL 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on April 29
Din-Mohammad Mirakhani + 2 Unk
- APRIL 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Bamari executed in Kenhaj on April 29
- APRIL 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on April 29
Behnam Khakpour, Payam Farazandeh, Majid Gorgipour, Delagha Habib and Reza Shahsavandi
APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Narouyi executed in Gonbad Kavous on April 28
APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghaen on April 28
Mohsen Karami (Rakhshani), … Brahui + unknown
APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hojat Shamskhani and Rashed Baluchi executed in Bandar-Abbas on April 28
Notwithstanding Baluchi's acute mental condition
- APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men execute in Isfahan on April 28