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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OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Malek Ali Amini executed in Nahavand on October 27
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IRAN - Habib Khani executed in Qazvin on October 27
OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hosseinali Montazeri executed in Semnan on October 27
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IRAN - Mostafa Afshar executed in Malayer on October 27
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Siavash Karimi executed in Malayer on October 20
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Valiollah Samiei + 1 executed in Aligudarz on October 26
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Agha Hosseini executed in Kashan on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Saedpanah executed in Esfarayen on October 26
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IRAN - Mehrdad Moradi executed in Arak on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Omar Zardkouhi executed in Zahedan on October 26
1390 executions since the beginning of 2025
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Manouchehr Mehki executed in Aligudarz on October 26