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 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Canada Continues Pressure On Iran To Hand Over Black Boxes Of Downed Airliner.
IRAN - Canada Continues Pressure On Iran To Hand Over Black Boxes Of Downed Airliner.
JUNE 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged on June 1 at the central prison of Mashhad city.
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged on June 1 at the central prison of Mashhad city.
MAY 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ROUHANI CALLS FOR STRICTER LAWS ON 'HONOR KILLINGS' AFTER KILLING OF 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for harsher laws to tackle so-called "honor killings" after the particularly shocking slaying of a teenage girl, allegedly by her father, prompted a nationwide outcry.
MAY 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Interior Minister Minimizes Number of November Uprising Martyrs.
IRAN - Interior Minister Minimizes Number of November Uprising Martyrs.
MAY 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Central Prison of Karaj: A humanitarian catastrophe in the making.
IRAN - Central Prison of Karaj: A humanitarian catastrophe in the making.
MAY 28, 2020IranDEATH BY PUNISHMENTIRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN, UNACCEPTABLE ANTI-ZIONIST LAW AND INTRODUCTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY TO HIT ISRAEL
The Hands off Cain - Spes contra spem association considers the law on "hostile acts of the Zionist regime against peace and security" announced by President Hassan Rouhani unacceptable.
- MAY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rouhani Calls For Stricter Laws On 'Honor Killings' After Killing Of 13-Year-Old Romina Ashrafi
IRAN - Rouhani Calls For Stricter Laws On 'Honor Killings' After Killing Of 13-Year-Old Romina Ashrafi
MAY 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, on May 24, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 44,000.
IRAN - According to PMOI / MEK, on May 24, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 44,000.
- MAY 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Khamenei pardoned 3,721 convicts
IRAN - Ali Khamenei pardoned 3,721 convicts
MAY 22, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh Criticizes Iran’s Refusal to Furlough Her.
IRAN - The husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh Criticizes Iran’s Refusal to Furlough Her.
MAY 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hedayat Abdollahpour likely executed on June 21 in Oshnavieh prison.
IRAN - Hedayat Abdollahpour likely executed on June 21 in Oshnavieh prison.
MAY 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FRENCH-IRANIAN ACADEMIC FARIBA ADELKHAH SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON
Iran has sentenced French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison on national security charges, her lawyer said on 16 May 2020.