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
OCTOBER 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Walid Hassani and Shahram Babanzadeh executed in Shiraz on October 18
OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Manouchehr Fallah forwarded for enforcement
A political prisoner
OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad … + 1 executed in Ghezel Hesar on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ilya Ben-Rashid sentenced to death
A ‘protester’
- OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyed Borjali Taghizadeh Amirsalari and Farshad Jamalabadi executed in Shiraz on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Atiyeh Jamei executed in Ahvaz on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Baranizadeh executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Garaei executed in Semnan on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Navid Mahdipour executed in Shiraz on October 21
OCTOBER 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Naroui executed in Mashhad on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 143rd Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- OCTOBER 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Isa Narouei (Lakzehi) executed in Mashhad on October 20