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
JUNE 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Havel Prize Awarded to Toomaj Salehi
Dissident Iranian Rapper
JUNE 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Rezaiepour executed in Neyshabur on June 2
- JUNE 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on June 1
Mahmoud Qaedi, Hassan Ne'matollahi, and Mohammad Saeed Zohrabi
MAY 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samir Saeedi Rad executed in Qom on May 26
261 executions in Iran in 2024
MAY 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Arezoomandi and Samir Saeedirad executed in Qom on May 26
MAY 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Appeal of Jewish death row inmate Arvin Ghahremani dismissed
- MAY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Dissident Expresses Joy Amid Mourning for President Raisi
Saeed Afkari, brother of the executed wrestler Navid Afkari
MAY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raisi's death does not mean the closure of the case on his crimes
Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic and a member of the "Death Committee"
MAY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - NCRI: Raisi’s Death Delivers Strategic Blow to Khamenei
Sparking Crises and Youth Rebellion in Iran
MAY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Musazadeh and Mehdi Khadem executed in Ardebil on May 19
MAY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hatem Ozdemir sentenced to death once again
Kurdish Political Prisoner
- MAY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on May 19
Mojtaba Jouyandeh, Mostafa Aghaei, Nader Ghorbani + unidentified Afghan