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
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Amini and Mehdi Moghaddam executed in Qazvin on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Piri executed in public on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farman Kooshki and Yashar Jafari executed in Karaj on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Yari and Rahim Amiri executed in Karaj (Central) on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirzad Zamani executed in Khorramabad on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Arjangi executed in Karaj (Central) on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aziz Sedaghat executed in Rasht on May 27
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zabihollah Sarani executed in Zahedan on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morad Dalayi-Milan executed in Maku on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Shirzayi executed in Birjand on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Panahi wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
Panahi Returned To Iran
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 women and 4 men executed in Birjand on May 26
None of them has been identified yet