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
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akram Karimpour executed in Hamedan on January 16
JANUARY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Mehri executed in Ilam on January 16
- JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to a further 15 months
Nobel Peace Prize for 2023
- JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death sentences of ten political prisoners upheld
Mojahed Kourkouri, Reza Rasaei, Farhad Salimi, Anwar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, Vafa Azarbar, and Pejman Fatehi
JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - New Charges Against Two Journalists After Their Release
Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi published photographs on social media without wearing head scarves
JANUARY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaghoub Alimoradi executed in Nahavand on January 15
- JANUARY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At least six men executed in Karaj on January 14
Ahmad Latifi, Ali Akbar Moradian, Akbar Khoramtash, Hadi Nazari, Seyed Ali Miri and Amirhossein Maleki
JANUARY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Heidari executed in Khorramabad on January 13
JANUARY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 17 Groups Call for Action to Halt Execution of Four Kurdish Political Prisoners
Mohsen Mazloum, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, and Hajir Faramarzi
- JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammad Ahmadi executed in Kermanshah on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Falit Abed executed in Qazvin on January 11
JANUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisam Habibi executed in Kermanshah on January 11