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 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Zamani executed in Shahr-e Kord on November 19
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IRAN - Mohsen Fakhraie and Ne’mat Shamloo executed in Mashhad on November 19
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IRAN - Fardin Khani executed in Behbahan on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Azizi executed in Kermanshah on November 19
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IRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on November 19
Hooshang Norouzi, Javad Sadeghi + 1
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Haseli executed in Ahvaz on November 19
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IRAN - Erfan Azadi executed in Kashmar on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali-Asghar Izadkhah executed in Kerman on November 19
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IRAN - Yusef Abadipour executed in Bushehr on November 19
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IRAN - Ebrahim Khani executed in Yasuj on November 19
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IRAN - Shahrokh Sattari executed in Ardabil on November 19
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IRAN - Hamidreza Pirhadi executed in Borujerd on November 19