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
- APRIL 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Hosseinnejad Secretly Hanged
Kurdish Political Prisoner
APRIL 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou at imminent risk of execution
APRIL 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Yavari Hanged in Gorgan on April 17
APRIL 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amirhossein Maghsoudlou (Tataloo) Sentenced to Death
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 64th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
in 40 Prisons Across Iran
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Cheraghali Ghasemi Hanged in Qom on April 15
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Amirizadeh Hanged in Sabzevar on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on April 15
Peyman Naderi, Karim Esmaili and Ayoub Barniani
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Naser Bakarzadeh Overturned
Accused of Espionage for Israel
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abubakr Shahbakhsh executed in Kerman on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Rahimnejad executed in Kerman on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (central) on April 15
Ali Shahi, Sajad Yarmohammadi, and Majid Rouhi