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
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Zeinaldini and Abdolsamad Shahbazi executed in Zahedan on April 26
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qader Samimi executed in Nishapur on April 26
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Shekhi executed in Hamedan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At Least 5 Prisoners Executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 23
Salahuddin Amoudi, Mahmoud-Ali Naseri, Akbar Mousavi, Amanollah Barahouei, Abdollah Pashtooi
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Zolfi and Asghar Nourinia executed in Tabriz on April 23
- APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nezam Sadeghi executed in Zanjan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hossein Zamani executed in Nahavand on April 23
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Tabarteh Farahani executed in Arak on April 22
On the charge of “sodomy”
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Seyedzadeh executed in Yazd on April 22
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Christian Converts Sentenced to 41 Years in Prison
Mehran Shamlooei, Abbas Soori, and Narges Nasri
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Narouei (Narui) and Yaroli Mahmoudvand executed in Yazd on April 22
APRIL 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Fathollahpour executed in Rasht on April 21