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 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Dual Iranian-British national Nasrin Roshan conditionally released on May 20
Arrested for her participation in overseas protests related to the death of Mahsa Amini
MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goran Qaderi executed in Sanandaj on May 20
MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meysam Khazaei executed in Qom on May 20
- MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Jalilian Executed in Kermanshah on May 20
- MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali-Asghar Alami executed in Damghan on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Narouei and Majid Faramarzi executed in Zahedan on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Conflicting news on Tataloo's case
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Markazi province on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Gholibeigi executed in Qom on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Zarei and Mosib Farhadi executed in Shiraz on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Pashan executed in Kahnouj on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Setareh Taherlou, executed in Damghan on May 19