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 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Peyman Ghasemi executed in Yasuj on November 8
1506 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
NOVEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Sohrabi executed in Hamedan on November 8
- NOVEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samir Bahari and Yaroli Hajizadeh executed in Kermanshah on November 8
- NOVEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yazdan Chegini executed in Khorramabad on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Mirghafari and Omid Feyzi executed in Tabriz on November 8
- NOVEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yazdan Chegini and Amir Khaledi executed in Khorramabad on November 8
NOVEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR report: 217 persons executed in Iran in October
282 according to Hands off Cain
NOVEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shams al-Din Abbasi Kay executed in Urmia on November 7
NOVEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hawre Jahanara executed in Urmia on November 7
NOVEMBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Abdali sentenced to death
Political prisoner
- NOVEMBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - NCRI monthly report: Iran’s Regime Executed 285 in October 2025
1,471 executions in 10 months of 2025
NOVEMBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris released
Another episode in Iran's notorious ‘hostage strategy’