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 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mobin Hayati executed in Doroud on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamal Zare executed in Bam on October 25
OCTOBER 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - M.A. executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 23
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ardavan … executed in unspecified location on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nader Abdi and Alireza Keshavarz executed in Shiraz on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unk executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Salahshour executed in Gorgan on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Taremi executed in Zanjan on October 22
1355 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Noor-Mohammad Shamlou executed in Esfarayen on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saman Talebi executed in Isfahan on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosrow Vafadar executed in Qom on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Azizi executed in Birjand on October 22