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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MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahriar Aliabadi executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodamorad Keifari and Alimorad Ranjbaran executed in Qazvin on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taleb Ahmadpour executed in Ahvaz on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Assadollahi and Abbas Jan Mohammadi also executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 28
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IRAN - Farhad Hosseini and Shahmoradi… executed in Kermanshah on May 28
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IRAN - Shoeib Abdolhagh Mohammadi executed in Taybad on May 28
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RAN - Amir Ebrahimi and Rahim Amiri executed in Karaj on May 27
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IRAN - 70th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Amini and Mehdi Moghaddam executed in Qazvin on May 27
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