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 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 21
Alim Barahouyi, Morteza Arayeshgar and Jahanshah Afshari
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Mohammadreza Beiki Firoozabadi executed on May 21
In unspecified prison, Yazd probably
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed in Birjand on May 21
Naser Dahar, Ghanbar Ghaffari, Nooreddin Mohammadzadeh
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 11, 14, and 21
Mohammad Amin Kolsoomi, Jafar Ghorbani, Mohammad Naeim Daneshi and Jaber Shehkaramzehi
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Hosseinzadeh executed in Tehran on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jahanshah Afshari and Aleem Barahoee executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Kashani executed in Hamedan on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolrahim Nazari executed in Zahedan on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on May 21
Naser Dehar, Qanbar Ghaffari, and Nouraldin Mohammadzadeh
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Kashani executed in Hamedan on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Khanbeigi executed in Isfahan on May 21
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on May 21
Ali Moharami, Kavous Golshan and Mohsen Hesari