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 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Baqer Souri executed in Kerman on December 7
DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Bahmani executed in Nishapur on December 7
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IRAN - Nouraddin Asgari executed in Arak on December 7
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IRAN - Nima Karami executed in Isfahan on December 7
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IRAN - Bahram Mousavi executed in Dorud on December 7
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IRAN - Abbas Hosseini executed in Gorgan on December 7
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IRAN - Milad Mirzakhani executed in Semnan on December 7
DECEMBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davoud Dolatshahi executed in Borujerd on December 6
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IRAN - Yahya Miri and Salar Rezaei executed in Kermanshah on December 6
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IRAN - Shahram Torkashvand executed in Hamedan on December 6
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IRAN - Farid Zare’i executed in Karaj on December 6
DECEMBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Vafaei Faces Imminent Execution
Political Prisoner Transferred to Solitary Confinement