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 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED AT RAJAI-SHAHR PRISON FOR MURDER
Mehdi Assadi and Hassan Baradaran were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on 3 July 2019.
JULY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS FOR MURDER
According to IHR sources, on the early morning of 30 June 2019 a man was hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas.
- JULY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At Least 110 Executed at the First Half of 2019.
IRAN - At Least 110 Executed at the First Half of 2019.
JULY 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SOGHRA KHALILI, MOTHER OF 4-YEAR-OLD SON, SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SANANDAJ
The death penalty of Soghra Khalil was upheld on 24 June 2019.
- JUNE 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Tajmehr hanged at Bandar Abbas prison on June 30.
IRAN - Sohrab Tajmehr hanged at Bandar Abbas prison on June 30.
JUNE 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED IN RAJA’I SHAHR PRISON
Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on 26 June 2019.
- JUNE 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on June 26.
IRAN - Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on June 26.
- JUNE 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - One of the persons hanged at Raja’i Shahr prison on June 26 could be a woman, Hoda Burbur.
IRAN - One of the persons hanged at Raja’i Shahr prison on June 26 could be a woman, Hoda Burbur.
JUNE 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EX-DEFENSE MINISTRY STAFFER HANGED FOR SPYING
Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed in an unknown place in Tehran, reported a close source.
JUNE 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FATEMEH NASSIRI EXECUTED IN GOHARDASHT PRISON IN KARAJ
A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison (aka Gohardasht Prison) in Karaj on 19 June 2019.
- JUNE 20, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed
IRAN - Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed
- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
IRAN - A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.