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 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on arrests of activists during the war
MARCH 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Human Rights Violations Under Ali Khamenei (3)
- MARCH 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Human Rights Violations Under Ali Khamenei (2)
- MARCH 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 10th day of war
Extensive Damage to Isfahan’s Historical Sites
MARCH 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 9th day of war
Polluted Air and Black Rain in Tehran
MARCH 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw report on violations of women’s rights
At least 250 women killed during the January protests
- MARCH 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 7th day of war
Relentless Explosions in Tehran
- MARCH 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Military deployment at hospital puts patients and staff at risk
IRGC on the roof of Kawsar Hospital in Sanandaj
- MARCH 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 8th day of war
Roar of Explosions Across 30 Provinces of the Country
MARCH 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sociologist and civil activist Qorban Abbasi arrested
MARCH 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IRGC arms civilian groups, inciting one ethnic group against another
MARCH 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Collateral victims: 4 in Marivan
Mitra Jalilavi, Karen Bazargan, Farzad Bazargan + 1