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
- APRIL 16, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS EXECUTED IN SHIRAZ
The Iranian regime on 11 April 2019 executed two prisoners in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz, south-central Iran.
- APRIL 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as G. M. was hanged on April 15
IRAN - A man, identified only as G. M. was hanged on April 15
APRIL 13, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT GORGAN PRISON
According to HRANA website, prisoner Davoud Mohebzadeh, 36, was hanged on 7 April 2019 at Gorgan prison.
APRIL 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BASED SOLELY ON QASAMEH
A woman suspected of murdering her husband was sentenced to death in Iran based solely on Qasameh, the state-run ISNA news agency reported on 8 April 2019.
- APRIL 7, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hayyari Periods and Mehran Hazro Shah Qasemi were hanged on April 7
IRAN - Hayyari Periods and Mehran Hazro Shah Qasemi were hanged on April 7
- APRIL 4, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamal Shahshahr hanged on April 4 (or April 27) at Kerman Prison
IRAN - Kamal Shahshahr hanged on April 4 (or April 27) at Kerman Prison
- MARCH 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FATHER, SON EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
MARCH 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad was publically hanged in Jahrom
A prisoner - Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad – on 14 March 2019 was publically hanged in Jahrom
MARCH 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT SHIRVAN PRISON
According to the Iran Human Rights sources, on the morning of 13 March 2019, a prisoner identified as Salman Azarpanah, was executed at Shirvan Prison. Shirvan is a city in North Khorasan Province of Iran.
- MARCH 20, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZAHEDAN PRISON
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 16 March 2019 a prisoner identified as Enayatollah Totazehi, 25, was executed at Zahedan Central Prison for murder charges.
- MARCH 20, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Akbari was hanged at Zanjan prison on March 20.
IRAN - Reza Akbari was hanged at Zanjan prison on March 20.
MARCH 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT TABRIZ CENTRAL PRISON
According to Iran Human Rights sources, a prisoner was hanged at Tabriz Central Prison on the morning of 12 March 2019. IHR could identify the prisoner as Eslam Farsi,