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 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Nazaran executed in Quchan on December 9
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad-Baqer Souri + 1 executed in Isfahan on December 8
HoC already reported the execution of Souri
DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Execution of Women in Iran Soars: 70% Increase in 2 Year
By the end of November 2025, over 1,800 people had been executed, including at least 57 women
DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sultan Morad Bahmani executed in Kerman on December 8
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on December 8
Mohammad Soori, Shahram Mirzadeh, Fardin Rezaei and Habib Faridi
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sattar Zahedifar executed in Gonabad on December 8
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esfandiar Razzaqi executed in Esfarayen on December 8
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Bahmani executed in Nishapur on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Hosseini executed in Gorgan on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Masoud Ehsani executed in Bandar Abbas on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Baqer Souri executed in Kerman on December 7
- DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahram Mousavi executed in Dorud on December 7