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
- MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Shirvani executed in Kahnuj on May 25
MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Rezaei and Mobarak Rahmani executed in Qom on May 25
- MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Barzegari and Mohammadreza Zare Moayedi executed in Shiraz on May 25
MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahman Khodakarami executed in Shiraz on May 25
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Homayoun Amjad executed in Zanjan on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Karimizadeh and Farhad Farahnak executed in Qom on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Tahmas Jahaniyan executed in Nahavand on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hessam Farhadi executed in Borujerd on May 24
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rouhollah Gahramani executed in Tabriz on May 21
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 21
Alim Barahouyi, Morteza Arayeshgar and Jahanshah Afshari
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Mohammadreza Beiki Firoozabadi executed on May 21
In unspecified prison, Yazd probably
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed in Birjand on May 21
Naser Dahar, Ghanbar Ghaffari, Nooreddin Mohammadzadeh