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 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Ali Hajipour executed in Taybad on December 1
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IRAN - Abdollah Barahouyi and Mehrdad Aspid executed in Isfahan on December 1
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IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Tabriz on December 1
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IRAN - Ebrahim Tabrizi executed in Mahabad on December 1
NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Nadi executed in Arak on November 30
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IRAN - Ali Hossein Rashidian executed in Saveh on November 30
NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Jalali executed in Kerman on November 30
NOVEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yashar Sadeghi executed in Bukan on November 30
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IRAN - Kazem Mo’tamedi executed in Dezful on November 30
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IRAN - Parviz Rigi executed in Zahedan on November 30
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IRAN - Sepehr Goodarzi executed in Borujerd on November 30
- NOVEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arman Niri + 1 executed in Karaj on November 29