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
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Koshafar executed in Sanandaj on September 15
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IRAN - Ahmad Amoudi executed in Borazjan on September 15
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Ajami and Rasoul Paydar executed in Hamedan on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Parki executed in Zahedan on September 14
1035 executions in Iran in 2025
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Javad Mortazavi executed in Ahvaz on September 14
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IRAN - Qavam Najafi and Amirhossein Pouramini executed in Shiraz on September 14
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IRAN - Ali Mozaffari executed in Yasuj on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Dolati and Farhad Sepehvand executed in Khorramabad on September 14, 2025
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Elyas Shiroozehi executed in Zahedan on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Maziar Karami and Peyman Ajami executed in Hamedan on September 14
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IRAN - Rasoul Paydari executed in Qom on September 14
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IRAN - Kazem Mousavi executed in Rasht on September 14