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
JULY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men and 1 woman executed in Shiraz on July 20
Mansour Tavakoli, Hamed Shekasteh, Mohsen Ostovari, and … Mahmoudinia
JULY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Sepahvand executed in Khorramabad on July 20
- JULY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Sepahvand executed in Khorramabad on July 20
JULY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Edris Jamshidzahi executed in Zahedan on July 18
JULY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Javad Teklo executed in Baft on July 18
JULY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taher Sadeghi executed in Rasht on July 17
JULY 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ghorbani executed in Qazvin on July 9
JULY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Karami executed in Shiraz on July 7
- JULY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Hosseini and Hatam Shahidi Executed in Gorgan on July 7
JULY 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ezati (Ezzati) Executed in Zanjan on July 6
JULY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Urgent Action for Sharifeh Mohammadi
Kurdish labor activist sentenced to death
- JULY 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi Sentenced to Death