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 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 more executions in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on October 9
Majid Afrouz, Mohammad Mashmool, and Ebrahim Sedigh
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 9
Ahmad Narouei, Mohammad Es’haqzahi, and Kamran Saghaei
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Brahooie executed in Zahedan on October 9
Likely a minor at time of offense
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Moradian executed in Gorgan on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Fallah executed in Tabriz on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Bakhshayesh was executed in Rasht on October 9
OCTOBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The regime has executed more than 250 people since Massoud Pezeshkian became president
The “No to Executions on Tuesdays” campaign entered its 37th week
OCTOBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence Overturned for Political Prisoner Mahmood Mehrabi
- OCTOBER 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Torbat-e Heydariyyeh on October 3
OCTOBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habibullah Mohammadzehi executed in Bam on October 6
- OCTOBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Younes Piroozi executed in Ardabil on October 6