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
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IRAN - Abolfazl Foroukhi executed in Hamedan on November 29
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IRAN - Sobhan Jafari executed in Khorramabad on November 29
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IRAN - … Ashtiani executed in Yasuj on November 29
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IRAN - Iman Mehrabi executed in Sanandaj on November 29
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IRAN - Alimorad Shahbazi executed in Aligudarz on November 29
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IRAN - Mohsen Aziz-Farkhani executed in Mashhad on November 27
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IRAN - Nourkhoda Shahrokhi executed in Ferdows on November 27
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IRAN - Ne'mat Gholami executed in Kashmar on November 27
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IRAN - Ali Mahini executed in Mahshahr on November 27