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 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Afshar executed in Malayer on October 27
OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Rafiei executed in Zanjan on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hesam Bastami executed in Borujerd on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Arabian executed in Yazd on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fereydoun Lotfi executed in Yasuj on October 27
OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Malek Ali Amini executed in Nahavand on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Khani executed in Qazvin on October 27
OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hosseinali Montazeri executed in Semnan on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Afshar executed in Malayer on October 27
OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Overturned the death sentences of 5 political prisoners
Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, Pejman Soltani, Ali (Soran) Ghasemi, Kaveh Salehi, and Teyfour Salimi Babamiri
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Siavash Karimi executed in Malayer on October 20
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Saedpanah executed in Esfarayen on October 26