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
- AUGUST 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Ramezani hanged on August 16 in Yasuj prison.
IRAN - Saeed Ramezani hanged on August 16 in Yasuj prison.
- AUGUST 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as “Hadi” was hanged on Aug. 15 in Mashhad Central Prison.
IRAN - A man, identified only as “Hadi” was hanged on Aug. 15 in Mashhad Central Prison.
AUGUST 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Tutunchi executed in Yazd Central Prison on August 12.
IRAN - Mojtaba Tutunchi executed in Yazd Central Prison on August 12.
- AUGUST 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fayegh Ahmadi was executed at Sanandaj Central Prison on August 11
IRAN - Fayegh Ahmadi was executed at Sanandaj Central Prison on August 11
- AUGUST 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Keyvan Rezagholi executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on August 10
IRAN - Keyvan Rezagholi executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on August 10
- AUGUST 7, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaffar Tayebi has been executed in Qom Central Prison on August 7.
IRAN - Jaffar Tayebi has been executed in Qom Central Prison on August 7.
AUGUST 6, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrzad Jalalvand has been executed at Rasht Central Prison on August 6.
IRAN - Mehrzad Jalalvand has been executed at Rasht Central Prison on August 6.
AUGUST 6, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two brothers, Gholamreza and Ali Tahouneh, were executed in Tabriz Central Prison on Aug. 6.
IRAN - Two brothers, Gholamreza and Ali Tahouneh, were executed in Tabriz Central Prison on Aug. 6.
AUGUST 6, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN, THE HANGING OF THE PROTESTER MOSTAFA SALEHI IS A SHAME FOR THE SO-CALLED DEMOCRATIC WORLD
Hands Off Cain considers the execution by hanging of Mostafa Salehi, one of the detainees for the anti-regime demonstrations that took place between December 2017 and January 2018, which took place yesterday in the Dastgerd prison in Isfahan, extremely se
AUGUST 6, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN EXECUTED AFTER SIX YEARS ON DEATH ROW
A young woman was executed on 2 August 2020 in the Central Prison of Mashhad.
AUGUST 5, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Mostafa Salehi was hanged on August 5 in Isfahan prison.
IRAN - Political prisoner Mostafa Salehi was hanged on August 5 in Isfahan prison.
AUGUST 5, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On August 5, the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani
IRAN - On August 5, the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani