Iran
2026
- 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
DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on December 31
Saeed Partouy, Ali Partouy, Arash Shams, Naser Mirzayi and Sohrab Imani
- DECEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report on 3rd day of protests
DECEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 men executed in various prisons on December 30
Sajjad Veysi, Ali Akbar Barzegar, Peyman Zamani, Yahya Panahi Rad, Amin Khosroabadi, Mahmoud Zarei, Khodarahm Ahmadi, Ali Mohammad Dastar, Mansour Rigi
- DECEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in various prisons on December 29
Soheil Bakhtiari, Sobhan Safizadeh, Amir Mahdi Navabi, Sina Nadari, Marvan Emadabadi, Yaser Khatibi
- DECEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on December 29
Shoja Asgari, Heshmat Fallahi + 2
DECEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bismullah Tajik executed in Bandar Abbas on December 28
At least 85 Afghan nationals executed in Iran since the beginning of 2025
- DECEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on December 28
- DECEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 men executed on December 28
Ali Safar Sepahvand, Mostafa Mehrjoo, Moein Hassanzadeh, Jamshid Akbari, Jafar Najafi, Mousa Rahimi-Rad, Azizali Kolkhani + 1
- DECEMBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed on December 27
Khalil Nouri, Ahmadali Safari, Sirus Karami, Rahim Khodaparast, Milad Nejati, Abolfazl Enhesari, Ahmadreza Esfahani, Nariman Souri, Vihan Shah-Mohammadi
- DECEMBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Mehrjou and Ahmad Ali Saffari executed on December 27
- DECEMBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdulrahman Nahtani executed in Shiraz on November 26
DECEMBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Khojasteh Sentenced to Death for Hanging a Protest Banner