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
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Nosrati and Mansour Dirin executed in Shiraz on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadkarim Bastami executed in Quchan on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 72nd UN Resolution Condemns Grave Human Rights Violations in Iran
NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Esfarayen on November 18
Armin Shokri + 2
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Jokar and Mohammad Javad Rashidi executed in Birjand on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Farmani and Aria Saeedi executed in Maragheh on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on November 18
Yadollah Kazemi, Mehrdad Alivand, and Jalil Maghanlou
NOVEMBER 18, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Another Iranian–American Imprisoned: Afarin Mohajer
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Faraji + 1 executed in Isfahan on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshid Jamiari executed in Qazvin on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Haqverdi executed in Borazjan on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heydar Tahmasbi executed in Mahshahr on November 18