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 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 330 victims
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 16 men and a woman executed on February 14 and 15
More than 500 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2026
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 death sentences were carried out on Feb. 15
Asghar Esmaeili, Vahid Karami, Einollah Rahimzadeh, Farzad Fazli, Davoud Ghafouri, Sadeq Manafi, Hassan Doosti
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Karami executed in Dorud on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Rajabi executed in Kashan on February 15
FEBRUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Navid Shabanian executed in Kashmar on February 15
FEBRUARY 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 49th day of protests: 7,010 confirmed fatalities, 11,744 under review
“Unidentified Bodies” and the Continued Judicial Case-Building
- FEBRUARY 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 people executed on February 14
4 other executions were already reported
- FEBRUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on day 48 of the Protests: 7,008 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under review
Ongoing Arrests, UN Warning, and Rising Number of Forced Confessions
FEBRUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Jafari killed under torture after arrest in Bandar Abbas
A 22-year-old Kurdish man
FEBRUARY 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim accounts: the killing of Jahanbakhsh Hesar Firouzeh, 70
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: the Isfahan crackdown