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 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aziz Sheikhi executed in Ferdows on December 2
DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on December 2
Bahram Ajdari, Hamed Kazazi, Ali Shokrzadeh and Parsa Saedi
DECEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Zakiri executed in public in Borazjan on December 2
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Panahi sentenced to one year in prison and additional penalties
Palme d'Or at Cannes 2025
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sepehr Goodarzi executed in Bojnourd on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Zamani executed in Dorud on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bandar Abbas on December 1
DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tayeb Minayi executed in Ahvaz on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nourkhoda Karami executed in Qom on December 1
- DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Souri executed in Shahr-e Kord on December 1
DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bandar Abbas on December 1
DECEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 260 persons were executed in Iran during November 2025
According to Hands off Cain, executions were at least 324