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 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as Mehrdad, was executed on 8 November in Mashhad prison.
IRAN - A man, identified only as Mehrdad, was executed on 8 November in Mashhad prison.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ramadan A. reportedly hanged on November 8
IRAN - Ramadan A. reportedly hanged on November 8
NOVEMBER 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 Young Men Flogged in Public For Theft.
IRAN - 2 Young Men Flogged in Public For Theft.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: NASRIN SOTOUDEH 'TEMPORARILY' RELEASED AMID HEALTH CONCERNS
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer jailed on spying and propaganda charges, has been temporarily released from prison.
NOVEMBER 7, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh 'Temporarily' Released Amid Health Concerns
IRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh 'Temporarily' Released Amid Health Concerns
NOVEMBER 7, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed on November 7 at Mashhad Central Prison.
IRAN - Unidentified man executed on November 7 at Mashhad Central Prison.
NOVEMBER 7, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranian political prisoners are being “systematically starved”
IRAN - Iranian political prisoners are being “systematically starved”
NOVEMBER 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Still on the 4 executions carried out in Urmia on 29 October.
IRAN - Still on the 4 executions carried out in Urmia on 29 October.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 19-YEAR-OLD PRISONER EXECUTED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to semi-official news website Javan Online, a prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder was executed in recent days in Rajai Shahr Prison, IHR reported on 29 October 2020.
NOVEMBER 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heydar Ali Mohammadian executed at Yazd Central Prison on November 1
IRAN - Heydar Ali Mohammadian executed at Yazd Central Prison on November 1
NOVEMBER 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Hassani executed in Rasht Central Prison on November 1.
IRAN - Jafar Hassani executed in Rasht Central Prison on November 1.
NOVEMBER 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Alaswad extradited from Turkey.
IRAN - Habib Alaswad extradited from Turkey.