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
MARCH 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 59th week of "No to execution Tuesdays"
MARCH 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sentences Reduced for Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi
2 young Political Prisoners
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Saeedi executed in Zanjan on March 9
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Khosravi executed in Neyshabur on March 9
MARCH 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Fathollahi and Zaki Zakeri executed in Shiraz on March 9
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Javad (Afshin) Hasanvand executed in Khorramabad on March 8
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Mohammadkhani executed in Yazd on March 8
MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ubaid Maleki executed in Khorramabad on March 8
MARCH 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - March 8: Comprehensive List of Female Political Prisoners in Iran
MARCH 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Mousavi executed in Kashan on March 6
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Shokrollahzadeh Executed in Qazvin on March 5
- MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalal Ashkani executed in Hamedan on March 5