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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SEPTEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Farshad Bourkzehi executed in Gonabad on September 17
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Tajik executed in Shiraz on September 17
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Babak Shahbazi executed in Ghezel Hesar on September 17
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IRAN - Nadim Ashrafzadeh and Abdolqader Sargolzaei executed in Isfahan on September 17
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