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 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amnesty International has called on Iran to halt the execution of Farhad Salehi Jabehdar
Aentenced to death for the rape of a minor
APRIL 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bayazid Rashidi executed in Orumiyeh Prison on April 10
For drug related charges
- APRIL 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Urmia prison on April 9
They were identified as Mahmoud Bayazid, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Arshad Heydari, and Hamid Najmi.
- APRIL 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Safar Rahimi executed in Taybad Prison on April 8
For drug-related charges
- APRIL 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A.A and K.H. executed in Babol Prison on April 8
For murder
- APRIL 7, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yasser Daryayi-Narouyi executed in Sabzevar Prison on April 7
For drug-related charges
- APRIL 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Hojat Ghaed executed in Zanjan Central Prison on April 5
For murder
APRIL 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 12 women on Urmia's death row
they are Kurdish, sentenced for murder
APRIL 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Kurdish prisoners executed on April 4 in Urmia Prison
Ahad Habibvand (Nematvand), Sadegh Mohi (Mohemi), and Mohammad Karim Mahmoudi
MARCH 30, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Annual report on the death penalty by Iran Human Rights
At least 267 people were executed in 2020
MARCH 30, 2021GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Calls to release Swedish-Iranian scientist Djalali
From Sweden and Germany
MARCH 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - ‘No to Islamic Republic’
Iran opposition seeks to unify in anti-regime campaign