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
AUGUST 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Kermanshah on August 3
Fariborz Haqi (Haghi), Moslem Jalali, and Heydar Mohammad
AUGUST 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Abakhti executed in Karaj on August 3
Seventh man executed in Karaj on 3 August identified as Mohammad Abakhti
AUGUST 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Zare executed in Gachsaran on August 2
- AUGUST 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fouad Azar executed in Yasuj on August 2
JULY 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nahid Jokar executed in Shiraz on July 31
- JULY 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahtab Bayati and Ali Ashraf Khani executed in Mashhad on July 31
JULY 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on July 31
788 executions since the beginning of 2025
- JULY 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Asadollah Sagvandi executed in Ahvaz on July 31
- JULY 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Salehi executed in Shiraz on July 30
JULY 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prisoner Executed in Public in Semnan Province on July 30
JULY 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Amini executed in Ilam on July 30
JULY 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jaber Salami and Abdolzaher Faghirdadi executed in Qom on July 30