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 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran accuses EU of ‘meddling’ after parliament condemned death penalties
JANUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Aminnejad and Ebrahim … executed on January 25
In Shiraz and Nishapur
- JANUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amjad Amini, Jina Amini's father, accused of "Propaganda against the state"
For supporting Pakhshan Azizi
- JANUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - European Parliament calls to end Iran's 'hostage diplomacy'
A resolution condemning Iran’s detention of European Union citizens
JANUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU Parliament adopts resolution condemning Iran's use of death penalty
JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Saveh on January 22
JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Lawyer of Pakhshan Azizi: Execution Temporarily Halted
- JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Sasouli executed in Yazd on January 22
- JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omid Besharatlou and Javad Jaberi executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on January 22
JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four prisoners executed in Yazd on January 22
Ahmad Sasouli + 3 Unk
- JANUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Naser Zandipour and Nader Minaeifar executed in Yazd on January 22
- JANUARY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Diani executed in Isfahan on January 21