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
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 26
… Dehghani + 2
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OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Moradi and Alireza Alimoradi executed in Hamedan on October 26
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Asghar Manafi executed in Hamedan on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Narges Ahmadi executed in Qom on October 25
44th woman executed in Iran since the beginning of 2025
OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahman Hosseinian and Mohammad Osmani executed in Dezful on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yarhossein Bahri executed in Khorramabad on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Davarpanah executed in Hamedan on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Nazari and Meysam Bagheri executed in Rasht on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Sabzi executed in Shahroud on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 6 men executed in Rasht on October 25
Mahbubeh Jalali, Kourosh Nasrollahzadeh, Farhad Hatami, Amir Nazari, Meysam Bagheri, Siamak Khadem, and Hamed Hanifeh
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Siamak Khadem and Hamed Hanifeh executed in Rasht on October 25