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
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OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kambiz Mirzaei executed in Rasht on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholam Naeimi executed in Bam on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Khodkari and Kambiz Mirzayi executed in Rasht on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhang Alidadi executed in Jiroft on October 19
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran executes unidentified prisoner accused of espionage for Israel
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamran Amini executed in Khorramabad on October 18
OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Coordinated propaganda campaign against hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshad Sanaei executed in Khorramabad on October 18
OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Naeimi executed in Qom on October 18
A nuclear engineer charged with espionage
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Nik-Ravesh (Sadegh Nikroush) executed in Qom on October 18
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Khodkar executed in Rasht on October 18