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
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 28th day of war
Strikes on Industrial Units and Infrastructure
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the arrest of 16 people
- MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the Arrest of 113 Citizens
- MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on the arrest of dozens of citizens
MARCH 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianoush Adelpour arrested
For possessing a Starlink device
- MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 27th day of war
Renewed Escalation in Strikes
MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On the arrest of Christian convert Mohammad Nikbakht
MARCH 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Report on 1700 arrests during war
- MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hrana Report on 26th day of war
Explosions Reach Razavi Khorasan Province
- MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 43 Arrested in Various Cities
MARCH 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 17-year-old Bahareh Golchin held incommunicado
- MARCH 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 113th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign