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 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Second Anniversary of the State-Sanctioned Killing of Jina Amini
Security Forces Prevent Jina's Family from Visiting Her Grave
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sasan Ben and Saeed Khajeh Heydari executed in Shiraz on September 15
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - NGOs’ Joint Statement Highlights Continuing Impunity for Iranian Regime’s 1988 Massacre
And Ongoing Human Rights Violations
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 34 female prisoners hunger strike in Iran for anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arastoo Safarghomi and Rasoul Pourmajed executed in Tabriz on September 15
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Bandegi and Abdulrahman Tajik executed in Karaj on September 11
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Yousefi executed on September 11 in Nowshahr
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Bagheri executed in Dastgerd on September 11
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mousa Bakhshi and Farzad Rashidi executed in Rasht on September 11
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Mansour Salari executed in Jiroft on September 10
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Fashi executed in Kermanshah on September 10
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kiumars Alayi executed in Qazvin on September 10