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 - Mohammad Goodarzi executed in Borujerd on November 9
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IRAN - Vali Karam Dastar executed in Nahavand on November 9
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IRAN - Hamid Naderi executed in Andimeshk on November 9
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- NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - … Beyranvand executed in Qom on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Amini executed in Tabriz on November 9
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IRAN - Mehran Hosseinpanah executed in Arak on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Hosseini executed in Urmia on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arzhang Nabavi executed in Maragheh on November 9
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IRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on November 9
Morad Ali Ganji, Ali Ataei, and Naser Molaveli