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 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Hajiani executed in Sabzevar on November 2
NOVEMBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Elyas Rahimpour and Ali Shabani executed in Qom on November 2
NOVEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 241 executed across Iran in October 2025, according to Hengaw
278 according to the count made by HoC
NOVEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mitra Zamani executed in Khorramabad on November 1
47th woman executed in Iran in 2025
NOVEMBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hashem Mardani executed in Bojnurd on November 1
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran "may be held accountable for crimes against humanity"
UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI)
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Naser Bekrzadeh Overturned
Political prisoner charged of espionage for Israel
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Mahidashti executed in Kerman on October 31
- OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodayar Faraji executed in Birjand on October 31
OCTOBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Piri executed in Kermanshah on October 30
OCTOBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amirhossein Zahedi executed in Mashhad on October 30
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Younes Zamani executed in Taybad on October 29