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
JANUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saiwan Yaqoubi executed in Sanandaj on January 16
JANUARY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on January 15
Farrokh Nasiri, Mansour Qolizadeh, and Payam Cheraghi
- JANUARY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 51st week of the “No to Executions on Tuesdays” campaign
Hunger strikes in 34 female and male prisons
JANUARY 14, 2025FranceDEATH PENALTYIRAN - French Citizen Olivier Grondeau Imprisoned in Iran
3rd Frenche citized deteined in Iran on vague charges
JANUARY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHRS Year-End report. Iran Executed More than 1000 in 2024.
JANUARY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Fallah executed in Semnan on January 12
- JANUARY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Pouya Asgari executed in Arak on January 12
- JANUARY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sixth execution reported in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on Jan. 8
An unidentified Afghan
JANUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Bahmanyari execeted in Ganaveh on January 5