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
JANUARY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Valiollah Kamalpour executed in Semnan on January 4
JANUARY 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on December 29 and January 2
Mostafa Shakeri, Khosrow Khodadadi, and Karim Bahmani
JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meysam Farhadi and Reza Bakhtiari executed in Kermanshah on January 1
- JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on January 1
Arshia …, Amin … + 1 Unk.
JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Year-End report
Iran Executed At Least 901 in 2024
JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 more men executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on January 1
Ali Vahdani, Hassan Vahdani, and Shahram Mahdavi
- JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on January 1
Heydat Ghasemi and two unidentified Afghans
JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Bandar Abbas
Heydat Ghasemi, Shahrokh Sabahpour, Ramzi Beigsowar + 2 Unk
JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Update: 10 executions in Karaj on January 1
Previous information spoke of 3, or 6 executions
- JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shafi Mousavi executed in Malayer on January 1
JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behrouz Mehrani executed in Gorgan on January 1
- JANUARY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Moradi executed in Ahvaz on January 1