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
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad-Javad Kalani executed in Nahavand on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hesam Nozari executed in Ardabil on December 20
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yarhossein Hassanvand executed in Khorramabad on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Dezful on December 20
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aghil Keshavarz executed in Urmia on 20 December
Convicted of spying for Israel
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhang Faramarzi Pour executed in Kahnuj on December 20
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ariyo Niazi Vahdat executed in Kermanshah on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karam Reza Karami executed in Bojnurd on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On 17 December, Iran reached and exceeded 2,000 hangings since the beginning of 2025
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Adopts Resolution Condemning Human Rights Violations in Iran
Document A/C.3/80/L.30
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Shirzadi executed in Malayer on December 18
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Torkaman giustiziato a Bukan il 18 dicembre