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 17, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omid Hashem-Zehi was executed at Zahedan prison on June 17.
IRAN - Omid Hashem-Zehi was executed at Zahedan prison on June 17.
JUNE 17, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two more "honor killings" of young women
IRAN - Two more "honor killings" of young women
JUNE 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi suffers for witnessing execution.
IRAN - Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi suffers for witnessing execution.
JUNE 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Considerable number of women in Mashhad summoned and detained for removing Hijab
IRAN - Considerable number of women in Mashhad summoned and detained for removing Hijab
- JUNE 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yasser Abdollahzadeh hanged on June 16 at the central prison of Shiraz city
IRAN - Yasser Abdollahzadeh hanged on June 16 at the central prison of Shiraz city
JUNE 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Sedighi was hanged at Ardabil prison on June 15.
IRAN - Iraj Sedighi was hanged at Ardabil prison on June 15.
JUNE 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN EXECUTED IN ONE DAY AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to the Iranian newspaper, Hamshahri, five people were executed on 10 June 2020 at Rajai Shahr prison.
JUNE 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: RAHIN YOUSEFI HANGED AT ORMIYEH PRISON
On the early morning of 10 June 2020, Rahin Yousefi was hanged at Ormiyeh prison, a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).
- JUNE 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man was hanged in public in Firuraq on June 11.
IRAN - A man was hanged in public in Firuraq on June 11.
- JUNE 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution of Mola Nasrollah Narooyi, who was not sentenced to death.
IRAN - Execution of Mola Nasrollah Narooyi, who was not sentenced to death.
- JUNE 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahin Yousefi hanged at Ormiyeh prison on June 10
IRAN - Rahin Yousefi hanged at Ormiyeh prison on June 10
- JUNE 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five death-row prisoners were hanged on June 10 at Rajai Shahr prison.
IRAN - Five death-row prisoners were hanged on June 10 at Rajai Shahr prison.