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 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hooman Azadi executed in Kermanshah on October 29
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Younes Zamani executed in Taybad on October 29
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Ekhlaspour executed in Baft on October 29
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Shahbaz Tabari sentenced to death
Political prisoner
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Ahvaz on October 28
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Hadadian executed in Gorgan on October 28
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Sari on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Safari executed in Bojnourd on October 28
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Babaei executed in Sanandaj on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Hossein Zeynal executed in Bojnurd on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Saei executed in Yasuj on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign Enters 92nd Week Across 54 Prisons in Iran