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
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Rezaei executed in Arak on June 10
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadegh Asgari executed in Arak on June 10
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men amputated of hands in Isfahan
JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolsamad Barahui executed in Iranshahr on June 9
JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolbaset Shahdadzehi executed in Zahedan on June 9
JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Hemmati and Hamzeh Yari executed in Karaj on June 9
- JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saman Khorrami executed in Karaj on June 9
JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Hajibabaei executed in Malayer on June 9
- JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahim Karimi executed in Ghaen on June 8
JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Mirbalochzehi executed in Iranshahr on June 8
- JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Davoud Alinajad executed in Arak on June 8
JUNE 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirzad Fahimi executed in Shirvan on June 8