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 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolkarim Sasouli and Nourkhoda Ahmadi executed in Birjand on November 10
NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Souri executed in Dorud on November 10
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IRAN - Saeed Shateri executed in Isfahan on November 10
NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Birjand on November 10
Abdolkarim Sasouli, Nourkhoda Ahmadi + 2
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IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Neyshabur on November 10
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IRAN - Shahab Nazemi executed in Bojnourd on November 10
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IRAN - Behzad Zeidi executed in Zanjan on November 10
NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahriar … + 1 executed in Qazvin on November 10
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IRAN - … Ghasemi executed in Damghan on November 10
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IRAN - Milad Nemati executed in Jiroft on November 10
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IRAN - Noushad Mousavi executed in Chabahar on November 10
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IRAN - Abdolrahman Mehrbani executed in Gorgan on November 10