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 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four prisoners executed in Yazd on January 22
Ahmad Sasouli + 3 Unk
JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Zandipour and Nader Minaeifar executed in Yazd on January 22
- JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Diani executed in Isfahan on January 21
- JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign Marks Its 1st Anniversary
JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Faridi executed in Zanjan on January 21
JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Online Conference on the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
With the participation of Hands off Cain
JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hojat Shahriari executed in Borazjan on January 21
JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sardar Mohammad executed in Bandar Abbas on January 21
- JANUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Online conference in support of the #NoToExecutionTuesdays campaign
- JANUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Gholamreza Seyed Mohammadkhani and Aref Azizi executed in Mashhad on January 20
- JANUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahram Valipour and Hossein Farhadi executed in Gorgan on January 19
JANUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Court sentences pop star Tataloo to death for blasphemy