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 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nima Goodarzi executed in Dorud on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Hassani executed in Gorgan on November 17
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IRAN - Hesam Rahimkhani and Javad Moridan executed in Ahvaz on November 17
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IRAN - Mahmoud Azizi executed in Neyshabur on November 17
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IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Ferdows on November 17
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IRAN - … Yeganeh executed in Bam on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shawkat Veysi, a woman, executed in Damghan on November 16
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IRAN - Seyed Ali Hashemi executed in Salmas on November 16
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IRAN - Habib Ezzati executed in Sanandaj on November 16
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IRAN - Mohammad Amin Safari executed in Bukan on November 16
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IRAN - Amin Shokarkhodaei executed in Arak on November 16
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IRAN - Yasin Esfandiari executed in Semnan on November 16