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 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Motavalli and Gholamali Mashallahi executed in Arak on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Abbasi executed in Kermanshah on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Feizollah Karami and Sohrab Heydari Hanged in Qom on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Faza Doustiani executed in Karaj (Central) on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marzieh Esmaeili executed in Qazvin on April 15
275 women executed since 2007
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Heydari executed in Qom on April 15
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Dehani hanged in Zahedan on April 14
304 executions in Iran so far in 2025
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Balochzehi executed in Zahedan on April 14
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Regime Cleric Struggles to Justify 1988 Mass Executions
Mohammad Niazi’s report
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Boghlani Hanged in Borazjan on April 14
APRIL 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on April 13
Abdolsalam Baluch Meshkenti (Ahurani), Fereydoun Mohammadi, and Allahnazar Gorgij
- APRIL 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - International female solidarity for Iranian women