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
JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ismail Hajivand executed in Malayer on July 28
JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Says Executions Limited To ‘Most Severe Crimes’
After UN Criticism
JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN says Iran executions surge ‘deeply disturbing’
JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadeghollah Verdi executed in Tabriz on July 28
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoners Behrooz Ehsani Eslamlou and Mehdi Hasani executed in Karaj on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mirforoughi executed in Isfahan on July 27
- JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamzeh Moradian executed in Khorramabad on July 27
756 executions in 2025
- JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Kashani and Naser Nazari Tehrani executed in Karaj on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Mirforughi and Saleh Hatami executed in Isfahan on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Special forces strormed Ghezel Hesar prison
- JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Akbari executed in Arak on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Shirbeigi executed in Qom on July 27