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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IRAN - Ebrahim Azizi executed in Malayer on December 17
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IRAN - Karamkhoda Yari executed in Sabzevar on December 17
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IRAN - Mohammad Baghlani executed in Bushehr on December 17
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IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on December 17
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IRAN - Parviz Shabani executed in Mashhad on December 17
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IRAN - Majid Tajik executed in Shiraz on December 17
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IRAN - Yaroli Azimi executed in Kashmar on December 17
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IRAN - Mehrshad Askari executed in Damghan on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Ghorbani executed in Mahshahr on December 17
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IRAN - Jafar Hedayati executed in Aligudarz on December 17
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IRAN - Alireza Soltani and Naser Ayoubi executed in Tabriz on December 17