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
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omid Sheikh Kanlu Milan executed in Urmia (or Salmas) on November 13
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghiam Safizadeh executed in Jiroft on November 13
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Activist Kianoosh Sanjari took his own life
In Tehran on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on November 13
Fathollah Rashidi, Mehdi Sharif, and Hossein Faramarzi
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Sharif and Hossein Faramarzi executed in Kashan on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fathollah Rashidi executed in Shiraz on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 more people executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on 13 November
Jafar Rahsepari, Iraj Ahadi, Sajad Shoja
- NOVEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zakaria Alizehi executed in Zahedan on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Salamat publicly executed in Hamedan on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 42nd week of “No to Executions on Tuesdays” campaign
- NOVEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamzeh Jahanian and Javad Dolabi executed in Karaj (Central) on November 11
NOVEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence for Kurdish political prisoner Verisheh Moradi