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 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Hadi Dadian was executed in Yasuj Central Prison on July 13.
IRAN - Mohammad Hadi Dadian was executed in Yasuj Central Prison on July 13.
JULY 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Reyhani, a young man arrested during the November 2019 uprising, sentenced to death.
IRAN - Hossein Reyhani, a young man arrested during the November 2019 uprising, sentenced to death.
JULY 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN GORGAN CENTRAL PRISON FOR MURDER
According to the HRANA news agency, a man was executed in Gorgan Central Prison on the morning of 9 July 2020. The identity of the prisoner has been established as Baset Seyedi, 43, from Bandar Torkaman.
JULY 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Shokri was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison (Dizel Abad) on July 12.
IRAN - Farzad Shokri was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison (Dizel Abad) on July 12.
JULY 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER EXECUTED IN MASHHAD CENTRAL PRISON FOR DRINKING ALCOHOL
A prisoner was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on 9 July 2020 for drinking alcohol.
- JULY 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 prisoners were executed in Dastgerd Prison, in Isfahan, on July 11.
IRAN - 3 prisoners were executed in Dastgerd Prison, in Isfahan, on July 11.
- JULY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A second unidentified prisoner was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on July 9.
IRAN - A second unidentified prisoner was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on July 9.
- JULY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Baset Seyedi executed in Gorgan Central Prison on July 9.
IRAN - Baset Seyedi executed in Gorgan Central Prison on July 9.
- JULY 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amirabbas Salehi was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on July 9.
IRAN - Amirabbas Salehi was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on July 9.
JULY 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza M. executed in Mashhad Central Prison on July 8 for drinking alcohol.
IRAN - Morteza M. executed in Mashhad Central Prison on July 8 for drinking alcohol.
JULY 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE MEN EXECUTED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to Iranian Human Rights, at least three prisoners - Mostafa Mohammadi, Milad Kheradmand and Hossein Jalalvand - were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj on the morning of 1 July 2020.
JULY 7, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on July 7, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 66,900
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on July 7, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 66,900