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 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Rakhmeshah executed in Gorgan on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Asghar Sanei executed in Shahroud on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Kavian executed in Shahroud on October 14
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Tabriz on January October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Amirhassan Akbari-Monfared Upheld
A political prisoner
OCTOBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolhassan Ranjbar executed in Minab on October 13
OCTOBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omar Derastaran Hanged in Zahedan on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Khajeh-Nezami and Habibollah Ghanbarzehi Farjad executed in Kerman on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Mirzaei Executed in Hamedan on October 12
- OCTOBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Masoud Khodayari and Behnam Mozaffarzadeh executed in Rasht on October 12
- OCTOBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Mohammad Nabil executed in Rasht on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Danial Jahanian executed in Bandarabbas on October 11
A man wrongfully convicted of murder