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
- NOVEMBER 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 400 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND 787 LASHES FOR 53 RIGHTS DEFENDERS
New Iran Human Rights Report profiles 53 human rights defenders, who have collectively been sentenced to nearly 400 years of imprisonment and 787 lashes.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fakhreddin Dastyar executed at Taybad Prison on November 15, 2020.
IRAN - Fakhreddin Dastyar executed at Taybad Prison on November 15, 2020.
NOVEMBER 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zaman Fadaii was lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine
IRAN - Zaman Fadaii was lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine
NOVEMBER 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - ABAN, International People’s Tribunal Established to Investigate Iran Atrocities.
IRAN - ABAN, International People’s Tribunal Established to Investigate Iran Atrocities.
NOVEMBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR: Human Rights Defenders Report
IRAN - IHR: Human Rights Defenders Report
NOVEMBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kurdish Political Prisoner Zeinab Jalalian Transferred to Jail Far Away From Family
IRAN - Kurdish Political Prisoner Zeinab Jalalian Transferred to Jail Far Away From Family
NOVEMBER 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh has tested positive for the coronavirus
IRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh has tested positive for the coronavirus
- NOVEMBER 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO YOUNG MEN FLOGGED IN PUBLIC FOR THEFT
The public flogging sentences for two young men were carried out on 8 November 2020 in the city of Golbahar, in northeast Iran.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on November 10, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll passed 150,700
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on November 10, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll passed 150,700
- NOVEMBER 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahrokh Safari executed on November 10, 2020 in the prison of Boroujerd.
IRAN - Shahrokh Safari executed on November 10, 2020 in the prison of Boroujerd.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashraf Abdel Aziz reportedly hanged on November 9
IRAN - Ashraf Abdel Aziz reportedly hanged on November 9
- NOVEMBER 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED IN RASHT CENTRAL PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights, that published the piece of news on 8 November 2020, a male prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder was executed at Rasht Central Prison on the morning of 1st November 2020.