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
OCTOBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence against Leila Abolhasani overturned
A ‘protester’
OCTOBER 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omran Amani sentenced to death
A ‘protester’
- OCTOBER 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omran Amani sentenced to death
A ‘protester’
OCTOBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Talebi executed in Sabzevar on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - … Shokri executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amrollah Seiri executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Pardal sentenced to death
A Baloch political prisoner
- OCTOBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed
Habibollah Gholami, Yaser Shokri, and Mohammad Tajik
OCTOBER 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Mashhad on October 27
OCTOBER 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Melika Azizi not sentenced to death
A ‘protester’
OCTOBER 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Golshan-Nejad Sentenced to Death
A ‘protester’
- OCTOBER 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 ‘Protesters’ sentenced to death
Amirreza Rezaei, Vahid Ghahremani, Mehdi …