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 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on December 25
Iman Yazdani, Davood Barati, and Mohammad-Ali Soleimankhani
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Davoud Ghalijayi executed in Birjand on December 24
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Brothers Ali and Jasem Manian executed in Isfahan on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unk executed in Fars province on December 24
930 executions in 2024
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Farahmand executed in Shiraz on December 24
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahm Khani executed in Navahand on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 48th week of the No to Execution Tuesdays campaign
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulrahman Eshaqzahi executed in Mashhad on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Khosravi and Davood Qalijkhani executed in Birjand on December 24
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Asghar Ghaffari executed in Qom on December 24
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Singer Parastoo Ahmadi and Musicians Charged Over Virtual Concert
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Loghman Ahmadi Aghdam executed in Urmia on December 23