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 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Kurds killed in a drone strike by IRGC
Neda Miri, Samira Allahyari, Shahin Azarbarzin
APRIL 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 22 People Arrested for “Connections with Foreign Media”
- APRIL 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Citizens Arrested for “Connections with Foreign Media and Disturbing Public Opinion”
APRIL 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Raouf Sheikh Ahmadi and Mohammad Faraji Sentenced to Death
Kurdish Protesters
- APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 Protesters Sentenced to Death
Majid Nasiri, Shahab Dadkhah + 1
- APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Forced Televised Confessions in 2025
- APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN A Citizen Arrested in Marvdasht for Selling VPNs
To hide Internet adresses
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Suspicious Death in Custody of Protester Abbas Yavari
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Vafaei and Navid Naghdi at Imminent Risk of Execution
- APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 people arrested for “contact with foreign media”
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Woman arrested for contacts with foreign media
Accused of espionage
APRIL 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 19-year-old protester Saghar Gholami held in legal limbo