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 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Akbar Hasani and Rahman Kahzadi executed in Zanjan on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hafez Rahmati executed in Khorramabad on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Akhbari executed in Yasuj on October 11
OCTOBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana report: at least 1537 executions from October 2024 to October 2025
On the World Day against the Death Penalty (October 10)
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Masoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj Central on October 8
Mobin Sarvari, Mahmoud Valiollahi, Sina Mohammadi, Pedram …
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 men Executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 8
Ahmadi Mohammadi, Mahmoud Valiollah (Valiallah), Milad Yari, Pedram … + 5
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab Jabari and Rahman … executed in Mashhad on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heshmat Foroughi and Sajad Amiri executed in Shiraz on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Niknam executed in Amol on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyfollah Shojaei executed in Borujerd on October 8