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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IRAN - Sultan Morad Mohammadi executed in Qom on October 15
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IRAN - Abolfazl Gerousi and Shaban Ezzati executed in Tabriz on October 15
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IRAN - Mohammad Rafiq Gallehbacheh and Masoud Nemati executed in Arak on October 15
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OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yahya Najafi executed in Gachsaran on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Kermanshah on October 14
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IRAN - Yarhossein Nazarian executed in Khorramabad on October 14
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IRAN - 3 men executed in Yasuj on October 14
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