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 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 25th day of war
Heavy Strikes in Isfahan and Khuzestan
- MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hengaw Report on 25th day of war
6,530 killed, including 640 civilians
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At Least 501 Arrested in Connection with the War
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Hojjat arrested after opposing use of rehabilitation center as human shield
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sima Chambari, a university student, was arrested
Her fate remains unknown
MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Warns of Mass Arrests Amid War
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheila Asadi executed in Isfahan on February 23
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 24th day of war
A Deadly Day for Civilians
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on Arrests Against Citizens and Media
- MARCH 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arrest of Iranian-Austrian dual national Abbas Danesh
- MARCH 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 23rd day of war
More Than 15% of the Total Fatalities Are Minors
MARCH 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parnian Khodabakhshi held in limbo nearly four weeks after arrest
University student