Iran
2026
- 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
MAY 17, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Concerns Over Fate of Hedayat Abdollahpour, a Kurdish Political Prisoner, 9 days After Disappearance.
IRAN - Concerns Over Fate of Hedayat Abdollahpour, a Kurdish Political Prisoner, 9 days After Disappearance.
MAY 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah sentenced to six years in prison
IRAN - French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah sentenced to six years in prison
MAY 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Official Coronavirus deaths: 6,902
IRAN - Official Coronavirus deaths: 6,902
MAY 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amnesty calls on Iran to ‘reveal fate' of Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji, Naser Khafajian, and Hedayat Abdollahpour
IRAN - Amnesty calls on Iran to ‘reveal fate' of Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji, Naser Khafajian, and Hedayat Abdollahpour
- MAY 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, on May 10, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 40,500.
IRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, on May 10, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 40,500.
MAY 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Saman Karimi sentenced to death.
IRAN - Kurdish political prisoner Saman Karimi sentenced to death.
MAY 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Says Ready For Prisoners Swap With US
IRAN - Iran Says Ready For Prisoners Swap With US
- MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Official death numbers.
IRAN - Official death numbers.
- MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 320 new arrests for "Spreading Rumors about the coronavirus".
IRAN - 320 new arrests for "Spreading Rumors about the coronavirus".
- MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 Afghan lawmakers say 45 migrants drowned by Iranian guards (see HoC May 2)
IRAN - 2 Afghan lawmakers say 45 migrants drowned by Iranian guards (see HoC May 2)
MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Young woman sentenced to have eyes gouged out.
IRAN - Young woman sentenced to have eyes gouged out.
MAY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Payam Derafshan, a lawyer, is sentenced to two years
IRAN - Payam Derafshan, a lawyer, is sentenced to two years