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 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Varisheh Moradi overturned
Kurdish political prisoner
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Birjand on December 9
Ramezan Deldadeh, Behzad Mazarzehi, Ali Barahouyi, Mirzakhan Basati + 2
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 98th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Christian converts sentenced to prison terms
Aida Najaflou, Lida Aleksani, Joseph Shahbazian, Naser Navard Goltapeh + 1
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Jadidi executed in Ahvaz on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahmorad Abdi executed in Ilam on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Ghasemi executed in Borazjan on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Emad Rashidi executed in Jiroft on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghanbar Eslami executed in Khaf on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalil Shahsavari executed in Yazd on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kermali Farhadi executed in Bam on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goli Koohkan has been saved
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