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
FEBRUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Rezaei executed in Khorramabad on February 23
FEBRUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on February 22
Shahin Goudarzi, Asghar Dehghani, Ahmad Hanafi, Mojtaba Khorramdel and Vahid Mohebi
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aref Za'faranlou and Hossein Sasani executet in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR 2024 Annual Report
At least 975 people were executed in 2024
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Mahdavi and Soran Aminpour executed in Mahabad on February 20
134 executions in 2025
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Barahouei executed in Karaj on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Mahdavikia giustiziato a Mahabad il 20 febbraio
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bushehr on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Naseri executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Babak Hajipour executed in Ahvaz on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Goshoul and Behrouz Goshoul executed in Isfahan on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Khalifeyi and Alimorad Taheri executed in Bushehr on February 20