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
DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaser Saki-zadeh executed in Qom on December 14
DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalegh Zolfaghari executed in Yazd on December 14
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soltan Morad Aslanpour executed in Tabriz on December 14
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Dinari executed in Arak on December 14
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Yari and Mohammad Karimi executed in Karaj on December 14
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Borujerd on December 14
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khalil Amkani executed in Bandar Abbas on December 14
DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Ghane executed in Ahvaz on December 14
DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Nouri executed in Sanandaj on December 14
DECEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Torki executed in Nahavand on December 13
DECEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sedigheh Ghorbani, a woman, executed in Urmia on December 13
59th woman in 2025
- DECEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Gholam Saljouqi executed in Hamedan on December 13