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 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 15
Amir Reza Ghabadi, Majid Hatami, and Sajjad Hatami
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hazrat Esahqzai executed in Isfahan on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 15
Milad Jahani, Sajjad Shahriari Golmakani, + 1
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nahid Hemmati executed in Nahavand on October 15
41st woman executed in Iran this year
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - One woman and four men executed in Shiraz on 15 October
Kafieh Qobadzadeh, Sajad Shahriyari Golmakani, Touraj Rostami, Nasir Babamohammadi, Milad Jahani
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Ghezel Hesar on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on October 15
Maziar Bahrami, Adel Shirkhani, Hazrat Eshaghzi
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Naeimi and Kazem Omidi executed in Ahvaz on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Khan-Babaei and Younes Jahandideh executed in Bandar Abbas on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Hagh-Panah executed in Mahabad on October 15
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Alizadeh executed in Semnan on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shafi Farati executed in Semnan on October 14