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 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karam Yousefian and Heshmat Shiravand executed in Khorramabad on November 25
NOVEMBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Ajoudani executed in public on November 25
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IRAN - Karim Rafiei executed in Zanjan on November 25
NOVEMBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Alipour executed in Behbahan on November 25
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IRAN - Shahram Shamsi executed in Ardabil on November 25
NOVEMBER 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On November 22 Iran surpassed 1,700 executions in 2025
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IRAN - Homayoun Shekarollahi executed in Borujerd on November 22
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IRAN - Hamid Amini executed in Kashan on November 23
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IRAN - Mirza Janalizadeh executed in Arak on November 23
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IRAN - Amir Nosrat Piryan executed in Bam on November 23
NOVEMBER 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahman Moloudi executed in Ahvaz on November 23
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IRAN - Mohammad Hossein Akbari executed in Dezful on November 23