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 - Kambiz Forrokhi executed in Ilam on November 23
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IRAN - Nemat Gholami executed in Kashmar on November 23
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IRAN - Mohammad-Ali Jahanian executed in Nahavand on November 23
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NOVEMBER 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Amini executed in Kashan on November 23
NOVEMBER 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Homayoun Shekarollahi executed in Borujerd on November 22
NOVEMBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sasan Misaghi executed in Yasuj on November 22
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IRAN - Peyman Alizadeh executed in Bandar Abbas on November 22
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IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Hamedan on November 22
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IRAN - Ayoub Zeidi executed in Tabriz on November 22
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IRAN - Ghasem Sarlak executed in Aligudarz on November 22