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 - Kambiz Dirbaziyan executed in Esfarayen on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Rasht on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alimohammad Roshanfekr executed in Ahvaz on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Marmazi executed in Ahvaz on December 16
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maziar Falahati executed in Neyshabur on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amirhossein Rasouli executed in Saveh on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Update on Arrests at Khosrow Alikordi’s Seventh-Day Memorial
Narges Mohammadi and others
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Sheikhi executed in Isfahan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zahed Eslami executed in Kashan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Nadimi and Reza Shokouri executed in Rasht on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - … Khorami executed in Zanjan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghanbar Safari executed in Dorud on December 15