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 - Esmail Rahimi-Tabar and Ghodrat Dehqani executed in Shiraz on September 28
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IRAN - Khashayar Amiri executed in Gorgan on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Jiroft on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salahaddin Aghamohammadi executed in Yasuj on September 28
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IRAN - Ali Samsari and Saman Samsari executed in Sari on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Koroush Saadati executed in Kashan on September 28
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IRAN - Aziz Ghorbanifar executed in Bam on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on September 28
Esmail Rahimitabar, Mehran Sahrayi, Manouchehr Shahbazi and Ghodrat Dehghani
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IRAN - Mehran Beyranvand executed in Malayer on September 28
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IRAN - Bijan Soleimani executed in Nahavand on September 28
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