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 - Mahmoud Ali Soltanabadi and … Maleki executed in Qom on November 23
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IRAN - Mohammad Nazemi executed in Ahvaz on November 23
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IRAN - 3 men executed in Arak on November 23
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NOVEMBER 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arsalan Behbahani executed in Sabzevar on November 23
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IRAN - Mehran Saqaei executed in Dorud on November 23
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IRAN - Hamid Amini and Ashkan Sohrabi executed in Kashan on November 23
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IRAN - Shahmorad Dehqani + 1 executed in Shiraz on November 23
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IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Maragheh on November 23
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IRAN - Kambiz Forrokhi executed in Ilam on November 23