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 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Saleh executed in Birjand on November 11
NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Al-Khamis executed in Bushehr on November 11
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IRAN - Arash Karimi executed in Ardabil on November 11
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IRAN - Vahid Fazeli executed in Rasht on November 11
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IRAN - Kaka Morad Panahi executed in Kashmar on November 11
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IRAN - Mostafa Khan-Mirza Jamali and Hossein Farhadi executed in Yazd on November 11
NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Geraei executed in Behbahan on November 11
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IRAN - Khodayar Joghatay executed in Sabzevar on November 11
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Souri executed in Dorud on November 10
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IRAN - Saeed Shateri executed in Isfahan on November 10
NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Birjand on November 10
Abdolkarim Sasouli, Nourkhoda Ahmadi + 2
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Neyshabur on November 10