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
NOVEMBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on November 26
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IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on November 26
Hamid Yousefzahi, Naser Karbakhsh, Ahmad Soltani, and Majid Khakzad
- NOVEMBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahman Salehi executed in Aligudarz on November 26
NOVEMBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Kaabi executed in Borazjan on November 26
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IRAN - Ali Amini executed in Bukan on November 26
NOVEMBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 executions in Shiraz on 26 November
- NOVEMBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Khani executed in Malayer on November 26
- NOVEMBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Yazd on November 25
NOVEMBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mustafa … executed in public in Bastam on November 25
NOVEMBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Chahar-Bashi executed in Gorgan on November 25
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IRAN - Mehdi Fathipour and Amin Chaharbashi executed in Gorgan on November 25
- NOVEMBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Gholamali Eftekhari executed in Neyshabur on November 25