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
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heidar Amiri executed in Sabzevar on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bamari executed in Kerman on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahman Hosseini executed in Gorgan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on December 15
Milad Sheikhi + 2
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - … Khorrami executed in Zanjan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - … Norzad executed in Nowshah on December 15
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Abdi executed in Qazvin on December 14
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Rahimi executed in Gorgan on December 14
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Dana executed in Ardabil on December 14
DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran arrests Maryam Basir Tavana, member of justice-seeking families
DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Abdoli executed in Dezful on December 14
- DECEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadamin Bakhtiari executed in Semnan on December 14
1950 executions since the beginning of 2025