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
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Seyed Mohammad-Javad Vafaie Upheld by the Supreme Court
His request for retrial was rejected
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Keyhan Abbasi executed in Borazjan on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nejat Rajabi executed in Jiroft on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammad Roshanfekr executed in Sheiban on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jassem Saqqaei and Khaleq Zolfaghari executed in Yazd on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Qobad Fathollahi executed in Ilam on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ata Shahsavari executed in Khaf on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yazdan Mohammadi-Khani executed in Bam on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Din-Mohammadi executed in Birjand on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Keyumars Qobadi executed in Ilam on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Yazd on December 14 or 16
Jasem Seghaei, Khalegh Zolfaghari + 1
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashkan Rasouli executed in Ferdows on December 16