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 - Hassan Sadeghi Ghoushchi and Vahid Pakniakan executed in Urmia on November 13
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NOVEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghomri Abbaszadeh, a woman, executed in Sari on November 13
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- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahriar Nami executed in Khaf on November 12
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