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
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OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalil Ashouri executed in Mashhad on October 21
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IRAN - Mohammad Karim Selouki executed in Bojnurd on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sasan Lorestani executed in Kermanshah on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Vafayipour and Mohammad Karim Solouki executed in Boroujerd on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Shahbazi executed in Qazvin on October 21
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IRAN - Hossein Mansouri Ali Abadi and Azim Dastavar executed in Yazd on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Eslam Mir-Seyyedeh executed in Yazd on October 21
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Soleimani Dehkordi executed in Yasuj on October 20
- OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Taybad on October 20
“Khaled” + 2
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Aghajeri Peyvand and Sajad Shokri executed in Ahvaz on October 20
Aghajeri was 17 years old at the time of crime
- OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Noor-Mohammad Asgari executed in Nahavand on October 20