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 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad Yari executed in Malayer on August 5
- AUGUST 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 political prisoners sentenced to death
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- AUGUST 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Siamak Mohammadi-Pour executed in Khorramabad on August 4
- AUGUST 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamidreza Soroush executed in Nur on August 4
AUGUST 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on August 4
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AUGUST 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Davood Lajai executed in Mashhad on August 4
- AUGUST 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed in Karaj on August 3
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- AUGUST 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN 6 men executed in Karaj on August 3
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- AUGUST 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iqbal Abdali executed in Ilam on August 3