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 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shayan Azadi and Qasem Vakili shot dead in Karaj and Qazvin
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 21st day of protests: 3,097 protesters killed
Islamic Republic’s Leader Acknowledges “Thousands Killed” as Internet Shutdown Continues
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Akbari killed during protests in Kermanshah
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 21st day of protests: 3,428 protesters killed
It is estimated that thousands of protesters have been killed on 8 and 9 January
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kheirullah Goljani and Kamran Manafi executed in Qazvin on January 17
- JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Family of 3 killed in Karaj on January 9
Bijan Mostafavi, Zahra Bani-Amerian, Danial Mostafavi
- JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 women killed during protests identified
Semin Rostami, Samaneh Mirzaei, Shabnam Ferdowsi, Zahra Fazeli
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 20th day of protests: 3,428 protester killed
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 52 executions between January 5 to 14
On murder and drug charges
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 46 NGOs urge UN Rights Council to hold emergency session
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirwan Aminpour, political asylum seeker, arrested in Norway and faces deportation to Iran
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soran Feyzizadeh killed under torture in Bijar