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 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Hajizadeh executed in Semnan on November 9
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IRAN - Farid Emami executed in Khaf on November 9
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IRAN - Nima Omidi Khas executed in Bam on November 9
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IRAN - Morad Beig Torki executed in Kashan on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Hosseinpanah and Ahmad Sajjadi executed in Arak on November 9
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IRAN - Farid Emami + 1 executed in Khaf on November 9
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IRAN - Abdollah Tajik + 1 executed in Taybad on November 9
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IRAN - Allahkaram Nazari executed in Dezful on November 9
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IRAN - Dariush Amini and Saman Moradi executed in Ilam on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Mohammad executed in Saveh on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Afshari executed in Arak on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Faramarzi executed in Neishabur on November 9