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 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on December 22
Nariman Mohammadi, Eskandar Bakhshoudeh, Taher Bastani
DECEMBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 men executed in various prisons on December 21
Fariborz Ghasemi, Reza Dastar, Kazem Sourian, Vahid Pazouki, Ali Mohammad Koushki, Amir Mohammad Jadidi, Fardin Khani, Ebrahim Mashayekhi + 1
- DECEMBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morad Sheghnaei and Mohammad Babrian executed in Taybad on December 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rastin Karami executed in Sanandaj on December 21
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aghil Keshavarz executed in Urmia on 20 December
Convicted of spying for Israel
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Marmozi executed in Ahvaz on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Moslem Salimi executed in Hamedan on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Hosseini-Rad executed in Kermanshah on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kian Papi executed in Aligudarz on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yashar Tehrani-Moqaddam executed in Karaj on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad-Javad Kalani executed in Nahavand on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hesam Nozari executed in Ardabil on December 20