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 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saber Nasiri executed in Aligudarz on October 7
OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on October 7
Jafar Reghbati, Farzad Javanmiri and Behnam Saberi
OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Azizi + 1 executed in Bojnurd on October 7
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taleb Hejrati-Pour executed in Sanandaj on October 6
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Mohammad-Javad Vafaei Sani Upheld
Political prisoner
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Lerni and Ahmad Arzani executed in Isfahan on October 6
- OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Saqaei executed in Sabzevar on October 6
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Lennart Monterlos acquitted of charges of espionage for Israel
Young French-German tourist
- OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shah-Hossein Afshar executed in Nishabur on October 6
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Hosseini executed in Saveh on October 6
- OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahim Tavakoli executed in Isfahan on October 6