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 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 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
- OCTOBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Manouchehr Nazari and Faramarz Akbarpour executed in Gorgan on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Roustayi Hanged in Shiraz on October 11
OCTOBER 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw report: 106 death sentences against protesters, 35 already executed
OCTOBER 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament Calls on Iran to Revoke Death Sentences of Two Women Protesters
Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani
OCTOBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Anjamrooz executed in Jiroft on October 7
OCTOBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayoub Mohammad Nabil sentenced to death
On espionage charge
- OCTOBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Amin Mandani sentenced to death
On espionage charge
OCTOBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Alizadeh executed in Adelabad on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Nikdel executed in Dezful on October 7