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 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Nadi (Naderi) + 1 executed in Kerman on October 16
- OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Yousefi executed in Qom on October 16
- OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Cheraghi executed in Shahroud on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hunger strike in Ghezel-Hesar Prison
Against the escalating wave of executions
OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Atash Shakarami to receive 38 lashes
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Naeimi executed in Ahvaz on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Gerousi and Shaban Ezzati executed in Tabriz on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Rafiq Gallehbacheh and Masoud Nemati executed in Arak on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maziar Fathi (Maziyar Fathi) executed in Taybad on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sultan Morad Mohammadi executed in Qom on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mansour Bideli executed in Shiraz on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Jahani executed in Shiraz on October 15