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 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kobra Rezaei, a woman, executed in Yazd on November 4
NOVEMBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Goudarzi + 1 executed in Isfahan on November 4
NOVEMBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Mashhad on November 4
Rasoul Kahzadi, Majid Sh. + 1
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IRAN - 1 woman, 6 men executed in Yazd on November 4
Kobra Rezayi, Rasoul Karimi, Farzad Hosseini + 4
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IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Kashan on November 4
NOVEMBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Kamangar executed in Qazvin on November 4
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IRAN - Erfan Qalavand executed in Nishabur on November 4
NOVEMBER 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goli Kouhkan, married at 12, will be executed for killing her husband unless she finds €90,000
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IRAN - Yashar Jabari executed in Zanjan on November 3
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IRAN - Yousef Khani executed in Semnan on November 3
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IRAN - Varahmad Azizi executed in Birjand on November 3
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IRAN - Ali (Yaser) Madadi and Homayoun Jabari executed in Rasht on November 3