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
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AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omid Azizian executed in Mashhad on August 6
AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Shahverdi executed in Borujerd on August 6
AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Amoosi (Ejbaari) executed in Mashhad on August 6
AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Amraei + Unk executed in Kerman on August 6
- AUGUST 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 80th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- AUGUST 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death Sentence for Babak Shahbazi Upheld
On charges of espionage for Israel
- AUGUST 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Shokat executed in Saveh on August 5
AUGUST 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman Remain Incommunicado in Tehran Prisons
British Couple Held in Iran on Espionage Charges
- AUGUST 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jahanshah Iravani executed in Semnan on August 5
AUGUST 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on August 5
Reza Sarparast, Davood Najibollahi, Bahman Piroozehi, and Mohammad Golestani
- AUGUST 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad Yari executed in Malayer on August 5