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
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 5, 2026 · Iran
IRAN - Reza Salimi Hanged in Semnan on September 5
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aziz Roshanayi executed in Shiraz on September 2
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Mashhad on September 2
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Haji-Hassani executed in Gorgan on September 2
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Momeni + 1 executed in Shiraz on September 2
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Valijan Nourzay and Yadollah Shamsi Hanged in Rafsanjan
AUGUST 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Salahi Laghani executed in Rasht on September 2
AUGUST 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Bavi executed in Ahvaz on August 25
APRIL 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Farid Executed on Espionage Charges
On April 22
- APRIL 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The 117th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
APRIL 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Amir Ali Mir Jafari Hanged on April 21
8th January Protester Execution
- APRIL 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Masoum Shahi and Hamed Validi Hanged
Political Prisoners belonging to the People’s Mojahedin