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
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Victim Accounts: Alireza Ghaleghafi, 22-Year-Old Law Student
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 18 year old Saleh Mohammadi sentenced to public hanging
The young athlete charged with the murder of a policeman during the protest in Qom
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on day 47 of the Protests: 7,005 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under investigation
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 13 men executed on February 12
Darvish Ali Emami, Arash Davari, Saeed Adineh, Reza Barati, Hassan Kamare’i, Keyhan Rouzi, Kiarash Lashkari, Amirhossein Ghadami, Karim Garaei, ... Aghapour, Panj Ali Ebrahimi, Peyman Khani, and Mohammadreza Abdollahi
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Yaghoub Karimpour upheld by Supreme Court
For “espionage in favor of Israel"
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament adopts resolution condemning Iran
Almost unanimously
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Jafari died in custody
22, arrested a few days before
FEBRUARY 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on Day 46 of the Protests: 7,002 confirmed deaths, 11,730 under investigation
Conditional Releases, Arrest of Teachers, and European Parliament Session
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 107th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taha Shirazad and Kazem Farajinejad executed in Sari on February 10
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on day 45 of the protests: 6,984 confirmed fatalities, 11,730 under review
Nighttime Chants and Intensified Police Presence
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed
Mohammadkaram Jafari, Hadi Momeni, Shahriyar Veysi, Mokhtar Ataei, Bahram Chamani, Biouk Namvarzad, Farhad Karimzadeh