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
FEBRUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 13 men executed on February 18
FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 520 men and 8 women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2026
- FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 prisoners executed on February 17
FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Shahabeddin Sameni Killed by Sniper
- FEBRUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on February 17
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Information about people arrested during the January 2026 riots
- FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 men executed on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mina Nasirpour, a woman, executed in Tabriz on February 16
9th woman hanged in 2026
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadegh Manafi executed in Tabriz on February 16
FEBRUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Amirhossein Saeedi killed in hospital
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 15th Day of Protests: Sharp Rise in Human Casualties
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 50 of the Protests: 7,015 confirmed fatalities, 11,744 under review