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
JULY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Judiciary Blocks Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Bank Account, Cutting Off Funds for Family.
IRAN - Judiciary Blocks Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Bank Account, Cutting Off Funds for Family.
JULY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Appeal for Abbas Lisani
IRAN - Appeal for Abbas Lisani
JULY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran sends death row inmates to fight in Syria.
IRAN - Iran sends death row inmates to fight in Syria.
JULY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN QAZVIN FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights, that reported the news on 25 July 2020, on the morning of 14 July, a 21-year-old prisoner on death row was executed in Qazvin Central Prison.
JULY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Abdi and Amirhossein Ghahrian were executed in Urmia on July 26.
IRAN - Ali Abdi and Amirhossein Ghahrian were executed in Urmia on July 26.
JULY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Supreme Court upheld death sentences of five protesters arrested at demonstrations
IRAN - Supreme Court upheld death sentences of five protesters arrested at demonstrations
JULY 25, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Refahi executed at Rasht Central Prison on July 25.
IRAN - Morteza Refahi executed at Rasht Central Prison on July 25.
JULY 25, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KAMIL GHADERI-AGHDAM EXECUTED IN NAGHDEH PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights, a prisoner on death row was executed in Naghdeh Prison on 22 July 2020.
- JULY 22, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamil Ghaderi-Aghdam has been executed in Naghdeh Prison on July 22.
IRAN - Kamil Ghaderi-Aghdam has been executed in Naghdeh Prison on July 22.
JULY 22, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: RADIO PRESENTER LASHED 74 TIMES FOR DISCLOSING INFORMATION ON CORRUPTION OF MP
Sajjad Sadeghi, a radio presenter, was lashed 74 times on June 27, 2020 for disclosing information on “receiving a bribe in one of the oil transactions”.
JULY 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on July 21 the Coronavirus death toll has increased to 74,200. Government numbers are also high.
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on July 21 the Coronavirus death toll has increased to 74,200. Government numbers are also high.
JULY 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED AT ORUMIYEH CENTRAL PRISON
Kurdistan Human Rights Network has been informed that the death sentences of two prisoners, Asad Keshavarz and Amin Safarkesh, were carried out in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 20 July 2020.