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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JUNE 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yashar Amini executed in Yasuj on June 15
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IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Gonabad on June 15
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IRAN - Jafar Ezati (Ezzati) executed in Zanjan on June 15
- JUNE 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz … executed on June 14 in Kermanshah
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JUNE 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR and Hengaw: Warns of Execution of Defendants Accused of Espionage for Israel
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IRAN - Ali Vaezi executed in Semnan on June 13
- JUNE 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Vaezi executed in Semnan on June 13
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IRAN - Shapour Ashkani executed in Shushtar on June 12