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
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Safarian Executed in Shiraz on August 27
930 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mitra Yasamani executed in Shiraz on August 27
31st woman executed in Iran 2025
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Qolizadeh executed in Sanandaj on August 27
- AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Mohammadsalihi executed in Shiraz on August 27
- AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Moridan executed in Aligurdaz on August 27
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Aghcheli executed in Gorgan on August 27
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Lashari and Hessam Dadkhah executed in Isfahan on August 27
AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Navabi and Asef Rakhshani executed in Birjand on August 26
AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nawab Popalzai executed in Bandar Abbas on August 26
AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Maliheh Haghi executed in Tabriz on August 26
30th woman executed in Iran in 2025
AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Khani executed in Navahand on August 26
- AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Dehani executed in Zahedan on August 26