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
- JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - In May, more than 5 executions per day
157 according to Hrana, 163 to Hengaw, 174 to HoC
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nadim Davoudi executed in Kahnouj on June 2
575 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Navid Hedavand Khani and Naeem Naseri executed in Hamedan on June 2
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Sabeghi executed in Kahnouj on June 2
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel Hesar on June 2
Alireza Shahbazi, Ali Karami Nasr, Ali Abbasi
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 executions in Ghezel Hesar on on June 2
Ali Karami Nasr, Alireza Shahbazi, Ali Abbas-Moghaddam, Sajad Nabizadeh, Yasin Aghaei, Nazir Mohammad, Behzad..., + 2 unidentified
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Amin Rastegari executed in Semnan on June 2
- JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Almasi and Jebreal Hashemzadeh, two cousins, executed in Isfahan on June 2
- JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahmirza Rahmati executed in Khorramabad on June 1
- JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jomaa Narouei executed in Zahedan on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Lejei and Fakhrollah Shiruzehi executed in Bam on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mansouri executed in Kerman on June 1