Iran

Capital city — Tehran

Country population
78,590,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
287
i
2014
/ ICPR
Type of government
Islamic Republic
Human Development Index
0.774
i
2016
/ UNDP
Total number of prisoners
225,624
i
2014
/ ICPR
Prison density
161 %
i
2014
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
253
i
2014
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
3 %
i
2014
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
25.1 %
i
2014
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No

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Special populations

Female prisoners

3 % (6,880)

i

2014

/ ICPR

25.1 % (56,650)

i

2014

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

No

Number of death sentences

81

low estimation

i

2014

/ Peinedemort.org

Number of executions

567

low estimation

i

2016

/ Peinedemort.org

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

2.9 %

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2014

/ ICPR