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 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Farokhvand and Mahmoud Ostad Mamzayi executed in Dezful on May 1
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Shiravand executed in Khorramabad on May 1
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A Woman Executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on May 1
Only identified as “Saghar”
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Farahavar sentenced to death
Gilak dissident poet
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Darikvand and Hamzeh Alizadeh executed in Khorramabad on May 1
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identified the other two executed in Karaj on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Mashhad on April 30
Abdolghafar Barahouei, Parviz Dastkaleh, Abdolsamad Gorgij, Javid Golbacheh, Mahdi Azizi + Unk
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad-Nabi Zirkari and Ali Kabi executed in Ahvaz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Darvishipour and Mohammad Salamat executed in Ahvaz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Abbasi executed in Tabriz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three more people executed in Ghezel Hesar on April 30
Unidentified