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 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kazem Taheri executed in Behbahan on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Falhati executed in Sari on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identified one of the two men executed in Ghezel Hesar on 17 December: Hassan Farahani
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Papi executed in Shahrekord on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Total Executions in 2025 Reach 2,038
According to Ncr-iran
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Moqaddam and Farhad Valadbeigi executed in Qazvin on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shirzad Farhangi executed in Gonabad on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arian Jokar executed in Quchan on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahin Rashidi executed in Shiraz on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 4 men executed in Shiraz on December 17
Mahin Rashidi, Abbas Alami, Naser Faraji, Tohid Barzegar and Jamshid Amirfazli
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Arab executed in Dezful on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Keyhan Abbasi executed in Borazjan on December 16