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 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Mirzaei executed in Rasht on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Sabzi executed in Malayer on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour Mohammad Shabani executed in Sabzevar on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodabakhsh Elyasi executed in Shiraz on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On 10 December, Iran exceeded the threshold of 1,900 executions
1,908 executions since the beginning of 2025
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Khosh-Kalam executed in Rasht on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Mashhad on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Chabahar on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohail Hamidi executed in Mahabad on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on December 10
Khoda-Bakhsh Elyasi + 2
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Chabahar on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salim Afrashteh executed in Dorud on December 10