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
DECEMBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Koulivand executed in Arak on December 14
DECEMBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Basirat and Ali Akbar Gharib Sarduiyee executed in Roudbar on December 9 and 14
- DECEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolkarim Shokati Timouri executed in Mashhad on December 12
- DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad Khorami and Kheirollah Amiri executed in Shiraz on December 12
- DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahrokh Fahimi executed in Neishabur Prison on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Azizi and Ebrahim Valizadeh executed in Miandoab on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, arrested
- DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shah Achakzahi, and Rahim Achakzehi executed in Mashhad on December 12
DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholam Roosta (Rousta) executed in Shiraz on December 12
870 executions from the beginning of 2024
- DECEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Esmaeili executed in Isfahan on December 12
- DECEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on December 11
- DECEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Symbolic Concert in Caravanserai
Legal Action Against Parastoo Ahmadi and Crew