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 - Kabir Mahmoudvand executed in Mahshahr on December 11
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IRAN - Yaser Jahantigh executed in Sari on December 11
DECEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kavian … executed in Bukan on December 11
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IRAN - Ali Shamloo executed in Bojnord on December 11
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IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Taybad on December 11
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IRAN - Kourosh Sabzi giustiziato a Kashmar il 10 dicembre
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IRAN - Reza Abbasian and Khalil Fadaei executed in Semnan on December 10
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IRAN - Ne'mat Behirayi executed in Bushehr on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Elnaz Azizi, a woman, executed in Mashhad on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan-Morad Haqi executed in Damghan on December 10
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IRAN - Mohammad Karim Siyadi executed in Shahr-e Kord on December 10