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
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Bolouri executed at Aligoudarz Prison on September 30.
IRAN - Saeed Bolouri executed at Aligoudarz Prison on September 30.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kaveh Shahrouz (also Shahrouz Kazemi-Noureddinvand) has been executed at Dastgerd Prison on 30 September 2020
IRAN - Kaveh Shahrouz (also Shahrouz Kazemi-Noureddinvand) has been executed at Dastgerd Prison on 30 September 2020
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT GONBAD KAVOUS PRISON FOR MURDER
According to the Iran newspaper website, on the morning of 28 September 2020, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) was executed at Gonbad Kavous Prison.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Twenty suicides recorded in Urmia Central Prison in the past two weeks
IRAN - Twenty suicides recorded in Urmia Central Prison in the past two weeks
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Aref Aminpour, was reportedly hanged on September 28
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Aref Aminpour, was reportedly hanged on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A prisoner, not identified, has been executed at Gonbad Kavous Prison on September 28.
IRAN - A prisoner, not identified, has been executed at Gonbad Kavous Prison on September 28.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Abdolali, who was under 18 at the time of committing the alleged murder, has been sentenced to death again
IRAN - Arman Abdolali, who was under 18 at the time of committing the alleged murder, has been sentenced to death again
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SIX PRISONERS EXECUTED AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
One woman and five men on 23 September 2020 were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj. All six prisoners appear to have been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Ahmadi has been executed at Shiraz Central Prison on September 27, 2020.
IRAN - Ali Ahmadi has been executed at Shiraz Central Prison on September 27, 2020.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN GREETS THE INTERRUPTION OF THE HUNGER STRIKE BY NASRIN SOTOUDEH
Hands Off Cain welcomes with satisfaction the interruption of the hunger strike of the Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, started to gain thresholds of freedom and democracy for all, but interrupted so as not to use the body as a weapon to be hurled against
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN, NAVID AFKARI'S EXECUTION IS AN EXPRESSION OF THE REGIME'S BLOODY NATURE
The Iranian regime executed wrestling champion Navid Afkari on 12 September 2020.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO BROTHERS EXECUTED IN MASHHAD PRISON FOR RAPE
According to Khorasan newspaper online, two men were executed in Mashhad Central Prison on 15 September 2020. The two prisoners who were sentenced to death for rape, were brothers.