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 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali’s execution postponed for the fifth time
He is still at imminent risk of execution
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah … executed in Mashhad Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Kazemi-Varmaleh executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Ghaljayi executed in Zahedan Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Eghbal-Raisi executed in Shiraz Prison on November 2
For murder
OCTOBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Susan Rezaiipour hanged in Qazvin on October 27
The 122nd woman executed since 2013
OCTOBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nazarnaz Ghanbarzehi Executed in Zahedan on October 21
For drug crimes
OCTOBER 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj Prison on October 20
- OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
RAN - Brothers Ali-Muhammad and Eslam Muhammadi Executed in Ahvaz on October 19
Their mother died after the execution having a heart stroke
OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zakaria Baluch executed in Zahedan Prison on October 19
On drug-related charges
OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Sadeghi executed in Saravan Prison on October 19
For murder
OCTOBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Musa Sheh-bakhsh executed in Zahedan Prison on October 18
At least 293 executions in 2021