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 - Unidentified man executed in Minab on November 3
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IRAN - Arian Gerayi executed in Jiroft on November 3
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IRAN - Abbas Sad-Kharvi executed in Sabzevar on November 2
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IRAN - Elias Rahimpour and Ali Shabani executed in Qom on November 2
NOVEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Mehdipour + 1 executed in Arak on November 2
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IRAN - Ashkan Mirali executed in Dezful on November 2
NOVEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Golmohammadi executed in Malayer on November 2
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IRAN - Khodayar … executed in Taybad on November 2
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IRAN - Saeed Moghanlou + 1 executed in Tabriz on November 2
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IRAN - Mohsen Yarbigy executed in Karaj on November 2