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 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Bani-Asad executed in Borazjan on May 17
- MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 men, 1 woman executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 15
On charges of membership in ISIS
MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Dahmordeh executed in Zabol on May 15
450th execution of 2025 in Iran
MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Akbar Ansari executed in Isfahan on May 15
MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah ... executed in Zabol on 15 May
MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafizeh Baluch Zehi executed in Tehran on May 15
17th woman executed in Iran in 2025
- MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Ghorbani executed in Isfahan on May 15
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moshir Osmanzadeh executed in Urmia on May 14
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Miri and Sajjad Moradi executed in Karaj on May 14
- MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hadi Soleimani executed in Shiraz on May 14
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ebrahim Esfandiari executed in Mashhad on May 14
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholamabbas Cheraghian executed in Karaj on May 14