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
NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on November 18
Karvan Abdolaziz, Yahya Karami, Saman Abbasi, Akbar Faraji, Moslem Naderi
NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yahya Karami and Akbar Faraji executed in Isfahan on November 18
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on November 17
Omid Farokhnezhad, Jahangir Hessari, Asad Pirbab
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Goodarzi executed in Dorud on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamzeh Soltanpanah executed in Bukan on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Keshavarz executed in Sabzevar on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Kamayi executed in Ahvaz on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Sattari + 1 executed in Taybad on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Hasani executed in Gorgan on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on November 17
Alimardan Barani + 3
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Farkhnezhad executed in Zanjan on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodakaram Mardani executed in Malayer on November 17