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 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Shokripour Executed in Karaj on July 9
JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmadali Mahdinejad executed in Navahand on July 9
JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolhossein Jaberi and Saeed Mehrabi executed in Karaj Central on July 9
- JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mansouri executed in Malayer on July 9
- JULY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on July 8
Alireza Bagheri, Mehran Habibi and Esmail Valipour
- JULY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 76th Week of No to Execution Tuesdays Campaign
In 47 Prisons Across Iran
- JULY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Rahmani executed in Ahvaz on July 8
- JULY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 kurdish political prisoners sentenced to death
- JULY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Khosravi and Saeed Asadzadeh Executed in Tabriz on July 7
- JULY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Yarbigi executed in Arak on July 7
- JULY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN Experts Warn Iran Against Renewed Wave of Repression After Ceasefire
JULY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris transferred to an undisclosed location
The French couple at the centre of yet another kidnapping by Iran