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
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on September 23
Hassan Nejati, Mohammadreza Nejati, Fardin Ahmadi, and Amin Shahabi
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Alimardani and Mohammad Ghasaban executed in Qazvin on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Ahmadi executed in Shiraz on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodamorad Zandi executed in Boroujerd on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Rasht on September 11 and 23
Mostafa Amani, Nasrollah Pirasteh, Arman Atayi and Ramin Poursafar
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad-Javad Vafaie Thani Sentenced to Death for the Third Time
After a Retrial
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Azizi and Hamed Jahedi executed in Karaj on September 19
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hatem Ozdemir’s Death Sentence Upheld by the Supreme Court
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Shah Esmaili and Nasim Narouyi executed in Yazd on September 19
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political Prisoners Behrooz Ehsani and Mehdi Hasani Sentenced to Death
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Secret Execution of 4 men and 2 Women in Qazvin
In unspecified data, in August
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men were executed in Shiraz on September 18
Shahin Salami, Sepehr Nourani, Taher Arezoumand and Kamran Heidari