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 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranian forces shoot dead Reza Rahmati in Malard
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 11th Day of Protests
38 died, 2200 arrested
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Bozorgkar and Mohammad Jolaei executed in Dezful on January 7
- JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kaveh Panahi and Ali Neirang executed in Yazd on January 7
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ardastani executed on January 7
On charges of spying for Israel
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on January 7
Yazdan Allahyari, Hamed Niazi, Omid Nobakht
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed in various prisons on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Dashti executed in Behbahan on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Teymouri executed in Rasht on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ahvaz on January 6
Moslem Haji Babayi, Mohammad Yarahzadeh, Abdolnour Shabani
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Madadi executed in Ferdows on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rouhollah Aghapour executed in Mahabad on January 6