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
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Mohajer executed in Mashhad on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Sarani executed in Kashmar on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Haqi and Majid Soleimani executed in Ilam on September 14
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Sarani executed in Kashmar on September 14
SEPTEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafez Ghavidast executed in Rasht on September 13
SEPTEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rouhollah Rostami executed in Hamedan on September 13
SEPTEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Naser Bekrzadeh sentenced to death
For the second time
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Update on the condition of the Foremans
British nationals arrested while crossing Iran on motorbikes
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadigheh Abadi and Younes Mazarshams executed in Qazvin on September 11
Wife and husband
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Parsa and Abdollah Mohseni executed in Gorgan on September 10
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Youssef Asadi Kahbad and Ahmad Bani Asad executed in Ahvaz on September 10