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
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Amin Rastegari executed in Semnan on June 2
- JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Almasi and Jebreal Hashemzadeh, two cousins, executed in Isfahan on June 2
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - In May, more than 5 executions per day
157 according to Hrana, 163 to Hengaw, 174 to HoC
- JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Kheradmand executed in Ghezel Hesar on 2 June
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Lejei and Fakhrollah Shiruzehi executed in Bam on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mansouri executed in Kerman on June 1
- JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahriar Khalafi executed in Qom on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Shah Mohammadi executed in Qom on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Masoumeh Karbakhsh Executed in Kerman on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahmirza Rahmati executed in Khorramabad on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jomaa Narouei executed in Zahedan on June 1
MAY 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence for political prisoner Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh upheld