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
DECEMBER 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Child marriages in Iran – 7,323 girls under-14 got married in 3 months.
IRAN - Child marriages in Iran – 7,323 girls under-14 got married in 3 months.
DECEMBER 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - URGENT: Ahmadreza Djalali’s execution could really be imminent.
IRAN - URGENT: Ahmadreza Djalali’s execution could really be imminent.
NOVEMBER 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political Prisoner Hamed Ghara Oghlani Sentenced to Death
IRAN - Political Prisoner Hamed Ghara Oghlani Sentenced to Death
NOVEMBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A trial against 4 Iranians accused of terrorism began in Belgium.
IRAN - A trial against 4 Iranians accused of terrorism began in Belgium.
NOVEMBER 25, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYLETTER TO EU BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: SAVE AHMADREZA DJALALI
In a joint letter to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, ten international rights organizations demand immediate action to save the life of Ahmadreza Djalali.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Appeal against the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, a scientist who also worked in Italy.
IRAN - Appeal against the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, a scientist who also worked in Italy.
NOVEMBER 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kylie Moore-Gilbert freed in a swap for three Iranians jailed in Thailand.
IRAN - Kylie Moore-Gilbert freed in a swap for three Iranians jailed in Thailand.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmed Yousry was reportedly hanged on November 20
IRAN - Ahmed Yousry was reportedly hanged on November 20
NOVEMBER 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghassem Gh. Executed in Mashhad Prison on November 18.
IRAN - Ghassem Gh. Executed in Mashhad Prison on November 18.
NOVEMBER 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - United Nations 3rd Committee condemns Iran
IRAN - United Nations 3rd Committee condemns Iran
- NOVEMBER 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EXECUTION IN KARAJ CENTRAL PRISON
According to reports received by the Human Rights Center of “No to prison, no to execution”, on 28 October 2020 a prisoner by the name of Ehsan Nemati was executed in Karaj Central Prison.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT TAYBAD PRISON FOR DRUG CHARGES
According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner’s death sentence for charges of “transporting and possessing drugs” was carried out in Taybad Prison on 15 November 2020.