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
- MAY 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Likely massacre of migrants by the Iranian border police
IRAN - Likely massacre of migrants by the Iranian border police
MAY 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Supreme Court Upholds Cutting the Fingers of Four Inmates
IRAN - Supreme Court Upholds Cutting the Fingers of Four Inmates
- APRIL 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soleiman Mirzayi was executed late April in Borujerd.
IRAN - Soleiman Mirzayi was executed late April in Borujerd.
APRIL 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahed Rostamzadeh was executed in Hamadan Central Prison on April 30.
IRAN - Vahed Rostamzadeh was executed in Hamadan Central Prison on April 30.
APRIL 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Sentences A Popular Instagram Couple In Self-Exile To Jail, Lashes.
IRAN - Iran Sentences A Popular Instagram Couple In Self-Exile To Jail, Lashes.
- APRIL 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - During the first two months of the coronavirus, deaths in Tehran increased by 3,700
IRAN - During the first two months of the coronavirus, deaths in Tehran increased by 3,700
- APRIL 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on April 29 Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 37,200.
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on April 29 Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 37,200.
APRIL 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER CHARGES
Three prisoners were hanged in Iran on 28 April 2020.
- APRIL 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zarar Peyghami and Yasser Rasouli hanged on April 28 at Urmia
IRAN - Zarar Peyghami and Yasser Rasouli hanged on April 28 at Urmia
- APRIL 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faegh Sharifi was hanged on April 28, 2020 in Sanandaj prison.
IRAN - Faegh Sharifi was hanged on April 28, 2020 in Sanandaj prison.
- APRIL 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3,600 individuals arrested for "spreading rumors about coronavirus".
IRAN - 3,600 individuals arrested for "spreading rumors about coronavirus".
- APRIL 28, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two prisoners, not identified, were hanged at Mashhad prison on April 28.
IRAN - Two prisoners, not identified, were hanged at Mashhad prison on April 28.