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
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Mohammadvand executed in Dezful on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Karimi Zarasavand executed in Farokhshahr on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Shirvani and Jafar Sameie executed in Zanjan on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more executions in Karaj on October 16
2 unidentified Afghan men
OCTOBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five men executed in Qom from October 6 to 16
Milad Badinlu, Shahin Dehghani, Abdolghader ..., Mohsen Khodabandehlu + Unk.
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Mohammadi executed in Urmia on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Heshmatpour executed in Shirvan on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Soleimani executed in Urmia on October 15
OCTOBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Younes Akhtar Samar was executed in Jiroft on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Kheshavehpour executed in Mashhad on October 14
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ammar Asiyan executed in Kerman on October 13
A former police officer
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mirzabeigi executed in Torbat-e Heydarieh on October 13