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 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Shiraz on October 13
Farhad Salimi, Ali Shirvani, Ezzat Heidari, Kazem Saadipour, Reza Namdari, and Hossein Heidari
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolghafour Shahoozahi + Unk executed in Birjand on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Najari and Ali Asghar Kujavari (Kojuvari) executed in Tabriz on October 13
OCTOBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Karami executed in Sari on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi's death sentence overeturned
Kurdish activist
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Global Campaign to End Executions in Iran Gains Support from 1,500 Dignitaries Across 78 Countries
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asad Farhang executed in Urmia on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Orumiyeh (Urmia) on October 10
Borhan Ansari + Unk
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran executed at least 138 Kurdish prisoners over past Islamic year
Between 10 October 2023 and 9 October 2024
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Maroufkhani executed in Qazvin on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Maroufkhani and Hamed Jafari executed in Qazvin on October 10
- OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Qazvin on October 9