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
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Ekhlaspour executed in Baft on October 29
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi’s death sentence commuted to 30 years’ imprisonment
Human rights defender
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Mashhad on October 29
Katayoun Shamsi (W), Saman Daliri + 1
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad-Reza Sharifi + 1 executed in Kerman on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Toghdari executed in Gonbad on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 29
Zakaria Mohammad Khanlou, Javad Naeimi + 4
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Shahpasandi executed in Zanjan on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Shahpasandi was executed in Zanjan on October 29
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Koubesh executed in Ghezel-Hesar on 29 October
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hooman Azadi executed in Kermanshah on October 29
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign Enters 92nd Week Across 54 Prisons in Iran
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Shahbaz Tabari sentenced to death
Political prisoner