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
DECEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence of Abbas (Mojahed) Korkor
DECEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 10 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on December 11.
Hrana (and HoC) already gave the news, speaking of “only” 9 executions.
DECEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Barzegar executed in Khorramabad on December 11
- DECEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Qarchak Prison Report: Hell for Women and Children
To mark World Human Rights Day (10 December)
- DECEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on December 10
Abdulmahdi Rashadmiri, Saeed Motiei (Moti) and Asghar Ramazani
- DECEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on December 9
Omid Hosseinzayi, Khodabakhsh Ghanbarzehi (Barahi), and … Rakhshani
DECEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Ghasemi executed in Isfahan on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Bahrami-Fard executed in Dezful on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran’s failed assassination attempt on Shir-Ahmad Shirani
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DECEMBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulghafour Razmdideh Rigi executed in Birjand on December 8
DECEMBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Atashzadeh executed in Kashan on December 8
- DECEMBER 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Ansari and Ashkan Fathi executed in Isfahan on December 7