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 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolreza Gholami executed in Kerman on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hojat Gharebiglu executed in Zanjan on November 9
- NOVEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 prisoners executed in Karaj on November 8
Rasul Taimuri, Hossein Hawasi, Bahman Fethullahzadeh + 6 Unk
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NOVEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Bandar Abbas on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodadad Rahimi and Saber Alikhani executed in Kashan on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Khorshidi executed in Urmia on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahram Ali Abbasi executed in Gorgan on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Kerman on November 8
NOVEMBER 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Partowi executed in Kermanshah on November 7
- NOVEMBER 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Farokhi executed in Urmia on November 8