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
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Alizehi and Abdolhamid Shiehaki Executed in Kerman on September 30, 2026
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Hemmati Sistani and Majid Nikandish executed in Mashhad on September 30
Two ‘protesters’
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 unidentified men executed at Ghezel-Hesar on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayoub Mohammad Nabil sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Amir-Ghashlaghi hanged in Arak on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jahangir Mahmoudi hanged in Rafsanjan on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Karimi executed in Ghezel-Hesar on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hosseinali Baranzehi executed in Gorgan on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahram Fazlollah Tabar executed in Sari on September 30
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Norouzi executed in Kermanshah on September 29
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Zeinali executed in Ghezel-Hesar on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Sheikhi executed in Isfahan on September 28