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
- APRIL 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The 117th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
APRIL 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Amir Ali Mir Jafari Hanged on April 21
8th January Protester Execution
- APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Masoum Shahi and Hamed Validi Hanged
Political Prisoners belonging to the People’s Mojahedin
- APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Police Commander Announces Arrest of At Least 1,800 People
- APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Why Every PMOI Execution Signifies the Collapse of Regime’s Strategy to Erase the Iranian Resistance
- APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh Remains in Intelligence Detention
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sara Shahbazi arrested 45 days ago
Held in legal limbo
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IRGC arrests At least 127 People
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At Least 3,646 Arrested Since Start of War
Arrests Continue Following Ceasefire
APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Family Still Searches for Hamid Hossein-Nejad Heidranlou Burial Site
One Year After Execution
APRIL 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Critical health conditions of Narges Mohammadi
And other political prisoners