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
- MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fatemeh Abdollahi, a woman, executed in Neyshabur on May 18
10th woman executed in Iran in 2024
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 5 men executed in Urmia on May 18
Parvin Mousavi, Mansour Naseri, Parviz Qasemi, Yousef Saeedi, Ramin Lavandipour, and 'Jabali'
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Hajizadeh and Kaveh Bashangeh executed in Salmas on May 18
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Saadat executed in Miandoab on May 18
Arrested at the age of 17
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 25 Kurdish executed in May
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaser Abdollahi executed in Isfahan on May 18
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 more xecuted in Ardabil on May 18
Hatef Sha'abani
MAY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Young Jewish man at risk of execution
Arvin Ghahremani
MAY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Urgent action to halt the execution of Parvin Mousavi
- MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 Women Nobel Peace Laureates Call To End Iran’s Execution Spree
Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams, Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee
MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Razieh, a woman, executed in Mashhad on May 15
238 executions in Iran in 2024
MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj on May 15
Political prisoner Khosrow Besharat + Mohammad-Reza Rahimpour, Sirus Hayatbini, Mohammad-Karim Fazeli, and an unidentified Afghan national