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
- MARCH 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Islam Islam, was hanged on March 19.
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Islam Islam, was hanged on March 19.
- MARCH 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN EXECUTED IN SOUTH KHORASAN PROVINCE
The state-run IRNA news agency on 13 March 2019 reported that three men charged with killing two armed agents of the regime, were executed in Birjand Prison, in South Khorasan province.
- MARCH 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The Sotoudeh case
IRAN - The Sotoudeh case
- MARCH 13, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN URMIA
Three prisoners, identified as Naji Omarzadeh, Khalil Salehi and Hossein Ebrahimi, were hanged on 11 March 2019 in Urmia Central Prison, west of the country.
- MARCH 11, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged at Birjand Prison on March 11.
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged at Birjand Prison on March 11.
MARCH 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Karkije hanged at Zahedan on March 10.
The Iranian regime on 10 March 2019 hanged a prisoner in the city of Zahedan, eastern Iran. The prisoner was identified as Ebrahim Karkije, 33, married and father of two.
- MARCH 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unknown man hanged at Zahedan Prison on March 10.
IRAN - An unknown man hanged at Zahedan Prison on March 10.
MARCH 5, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH PRISONER HANGED AT CHOOBIDAR PRISON IN QAZVIN
Ali Shakouri, a resident of the Tarzilloo village in Orumiyeh, was executed at Choobidar prison in Qazvin on 11 February 2019.
- MARCH 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour Eddin Salami was hanged at Zanjan Prison on March 3.
IRAN - Nour Eddin Salami was hanged at Zanjan Prison on March 3.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghafour Gari was hung in public in the city of Aq Qala on Feb. 24.
IRAN - Ghafour Gari was hung in public in the city of Aq Qala on Feb. 24.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Mirzadeh was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
IRAN - Mojtaba Mirzadeh was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheil Haji was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
IRAN - Soheil Haji was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.