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 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdullah Ghasempour, member of PMOI/MEK, sentenced to death on May 19
IRAN - Abdullah Ghasempour, member of PMOI/MEK, sentenced to death on May 19
MAY 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SUPPORTING THE PMOI/MEK
Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on 19 May 2019 sentenced Abdullah Ghasempour, affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin (PMOI/MEK) to death.
MAY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT MARAGHEH PRISON
According to a report of Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, confirmed by IHR, a prisoner was hanged on 4 May 2019 at Iranian northwestern city of Maragheh’s prison for murder charges.
MAY 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT ARDABIL PRISON FOR MURDER
A prisoner was executed at Ardabil prison on 4 May 2019, HRANA reported.
MAY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT TABRIZ PRISON FOR RAPE CHARGES
According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on the morning of 30 April 2019 a man was hanged at Tabriz central prison for “rape charges.”
- MAY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Documents Prove Judiciary Has Lied About the Executed Minors.
IRAN - Documents Prove Judiciary Has Lied About the Executed Minors.
MAY 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN SECRETLY HANGED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES IN ARAK PRISON
Iran secretly hanged on 29 April 2019 four prisoners on drug related charges in Central Prison of Arak.
MAY 6, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZANJAN PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights sources, Hedayat Mehrabi, 37, was hanged for murder charges on the morning of 16 April 2019 at Zanjan prison.
MAY 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES AT SANANDAJ CENTRAL PRISON
A Kurdish prisoner, Ahmad Irani (known as Aha Chateh), was executed on murder charges at Sanandaj Central Prison on 28 April 2019.
MAY 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG OFFENSES AT KERMAN PRISON
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 28 April 2019 a man was hanged at Kerman Central Prison on drug charges.
MAY 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT BABOL PRISON
According to Rokna, on the morning of 24 April 2019, a man was hanged at the Iranian northern city of Babol’s prison.
APRIL 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO 17-YEAR-OLD BOYS FLOGGED AND SECRETLY EXECUTED
The Iranian authorities flogged and secretly executed on 25 April 2019 two boys under the age of 18, Amnesty International has learned.