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
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IRAN - Nezam Saeedi executed in Kerman on November 12
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IRAN - Mehdi Moridi executed in Aligudarz on November 12
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IRAN - Four men executed in Ghezel Hesar on November 12
Unidentified
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IRAN - Yaqub Dachi executed in Ilam on November 12
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IRAN - Ali Kazemian and Soroush Haqpanah executed in Ghezel-Hesar on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran executed at least 1571 persons since the beginning of 2025
NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Mokhtari and Shahrokh Mostafavi executed in Isfahan on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Fallah executed in Qom on November 12
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IRAN - Siamak Ghanbari and Mojtaba Asadi executed in Shiraz on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Group Hanging of 5 Men in Ghezel-Hesar on November 12
Ali Heidari, Soroush Haghpanah, Ali Kazemian, ... Ahmadi + 1
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodayar Joghatay executed in Sabzevar on November 11