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
AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soleiman Koushki executed in Karaj on August 31
AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Barahouyi executed in Zahedan on August 31
160 executions in August
- AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jasem Nouri executed in Arak on August 31
AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Urmia on August 31
Javad Ali, Rahman Javan, and Morteza Zichi
AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmaeil Delavar and Arman Reyhani executed in Shiraz on August 31
- AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jasem Nowruzi executed in Arak on August 31
- AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Emad Ghaedi executed in Borazjan on August 31
AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amar Hassani executed in Ahvaz on August 31
AUGUST 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Shokrollahi executed in Taybad on August 31
169 executions in August
- AUGUST 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Kakavand and Ahmadali Mehripour executed in Karaj on August 30
AUGUST 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Banoo Moghadam executed in Abhar on August 28
32nd woman executed in 2025
- AUGUST 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Raoufi executed in Karaj on August 28