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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JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ahmadkhani executed in Aligudarz on July 19
- JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Molan Abdolaziz Khani and Vahab Heidari executed in Qazvin on July 16
JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 political prisoners sentenced to death
Massoud Jamei, Alireza Mardasi and Farshad Etemadifar
- JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Ali Jahangiri executed in Sari on July 16
JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Rasht on July 16
Peyman Afshari, Hadi Garousi and Mehdi Babayi
- JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The 77th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Yaghoub Moradi executed in Gorgan on July 15
JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianush Khosravi Siahbidi executed in Kermanshah on July 15
704 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025 (at least)
JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Jalilian Executed in Kermanshah on July 15
JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afrooz Kian-Arsi is serving her sentence
The artist was sentenced for a mosaic titled "Woman, Life, Freedom"
- JULY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghasem Azizi executed in Birjand on July 14