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 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Collateral victims: 3 in Bukan
Shayan Mam Salimi, Ardalan Pakdel, Peyman Erfani
- MARCH 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 6th day of war
170 Strikes in 19 Provinces
MARCH 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sanandaj and Marivan detention centres hit
Detainees escaped with guards' weapons
MARCH 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 6th day of war
At least 2,400 killed, including 310 civilians
MARCH 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 5th day of war
Expansion of Areas Affected by Military Strikes
MARCH 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 4th day of war
Strikes Continue in Western Regions of the Country
MARCH 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Human Rights Violations Under Ali Khamenei (1)
MARCH 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 3rd Day of war
Rising Casualties and Intensified Strikes in Tehran and Western Provinces
MARCH 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 3rd day of war
At least 1,500 killed, including 200 civilians
- MARCH 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Nourani Gargari executed in Ardabil on March 1
MARCH 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 2nd Day of the War
Rising Civilian Casualties
FEBRUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Missile hits girls' primary school in Minab