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
OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Garaei executed in Semnan on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Navid Mahdipour executed in Shiraz on October 21
OCTOBER 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Naroui executed in Mashhad on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 143rd Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- OCTOBER 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Isa Narouei (Lakzehi) executed in Mashhad on October 20
OCTOBER 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Salehzadeh executed in Gorgan on October 6
OCTOBER 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Mohammadi executed in Bandar Abbas on October 19
OCTOBER 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Farhadi executed in Tabriz on October 18
OCTOBER 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Darzadehpour executed in Zahedan on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Homayoun Shabankareh sentenced to death
On espionage charges
- OCTOBER 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Parviz and Farid executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 16
OCTOBER 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Varisheh Moradi Resentenced to Death at Retrial
Kurdish Political Prisoner