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 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saleh Ghahremani and Fardin Firouzi executed in Qazvin on October 5
- OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 4
Kurdish political prisoner
OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 political prisoners executed in Ahvaz on October 4
Ali Mojaddam, Mohammadreza Moghaddam, Moein Khanfari, Habib Dris, Adnan Ghabishavi, and Salem Mousavi
OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Ghadimi executed in Isfahan on October 4
OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Barahouei executed in Zahedan on October 2
OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Approves Tougher Espionage Law
OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Shehiki executed in Iranshahr on October 2
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Faraji executed in Sanandaj on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five Christian Converts Sentenced to 41 Years in Prison
Hesamoddin (Yahya) Mohammad Joneydi, Morteza (Kalvin) Faghanpour Sasi, Abolfazl (Benjamin) Ahmadzadeh Khajani + 2
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ghezel Hesar on October 1
Ali Geravand, Javad Sargazi, Sajad Mahmoudi, Hamid-Reza Maleki
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Amiri and Mehrdad Shahidi executed in Kermanshah on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 187 executions in September (197 as for Hands off Cain)
Highest monthly toll in 20 years