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
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IRAN - Mehran Chaboksavar executed in Neyshabur on December 3
DECEMBER 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Jamshidi executed in Bandar Abbas on December 3
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IRAN - Pirvali Shabani executed in Sabzevar on December 3
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IRAN - Hesam Norouzi executed in Mashhad on December 3
DECEMBER 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Azad Changa executed in Naghadeh on December 3
DECEMBER 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Mashhad on December 3
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IRAN - Amir Emami executed in Ghezel-Hesar on December 3
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IRAN - Ali Kalhour executed in Gorgan on December 3
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IRAN - Safa Jowzipour executed in Gonabad on December 3
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IRAN - Mehdi Javanmardi executed in Rasht on December 3
- DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in public on December 2