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
JUNE 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ruhollah Zam, a journalist, has been sentenced to death.
IRAN - Ruhollah Zam, a journalist, has been sentenced to death.
JUNE 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Deep Concern Over Fate of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi
IRAN - Deep Concern Over Fate of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi
- JUNE 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yousef Rahmani executed on June 30 in Zanjan Central Prison.
IRAN - Yousef Rahmani executed on June 30 in Zanjan Central Prison.
JUNE 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT MORE PROTESTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Head of the Justice Department of Isfahan Province on 26 June 2020 said eight individuals have been sentenced for "corruption on earth", a charge carrying the death sentence according to Iran's Islamic Penal Code, the state-run Quds Online reported.
- JUNE 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyyed Yahya Mousavi Aghche executed in Isfahan Prison on June 29, 2020.
IRAN - Seyyed Yahya Mousavi Aghche executed in Isfahan Prison on June 29, 2020.
JUNE 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prosecutor In Iran Claims He Has Issued An Arrest Warrant For Trump.
IRAN - Prosecutor In Iran Claims He Has Issued An Arrest Warrant For Trump.
- JUNE 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Yazdani executed on June 28 in Rajai Shahr prison
IRAN - Mohammad Yazdani executed on June 28 in Rajai Shahr prison
- JUNE 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Karim Alizadeh was executed on June 27 in Rajai Shahr prison
IRAN - Karim Alizadeh was executed on June 27 in Rajai Shahr prison
JUNE 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Sadeghi, a radio presenter, was lashed 74 times on June 27 for disclosing information on corruption of MP
IRAN - Sajjad Sadeghi, a radio presenter, was lashed 74 times on June 27 for disclosing information on corruption of MP
JUNE 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eight more Iranian protesters sentenced to death.
IRAN - Eight more Iranian protesters sentenced to death.
JUNE 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCES OF AMIR-HOSSEIN MORADI, SAEED TAMJIDI AND MOHAMMAD RAJABI UPHELD
Iran Human Rights News Agency (HRANA) on 24 June 2020 reported that the Supreme Court of Iran has upheld the death sentences of three young men who were arrested by security forces during the November 2019 protests.
JUNE 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - More information on the execution of Hedayat Abdollahpour: he was shot by a firing squad
IRAN - More information on the execution of Hedayat Abdollahpour: he was shot by a firing squad