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
- JANUARY 12, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the human rights group HRANA, four prisoners were hanged at Karaj's central prison
According to the human rights group HRANA, four prisoners were hanged at Karaj's central prison
JANUARY 12, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 1,084 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2015
Iran again led the globe in the number of state-sanctioned executions in 2015, killing 1,084 people, which marks the highest rate of executions in the country in 25 years, according to statistics compiled by human rights and advocacy organizations.
JANUARY 10, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED
seven prisoners were hanged in different prisons in Iran.
JANUARY 7, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC IN EAST AZERBAIJAN
Late morning a prisoner was hanged in public on murder charges in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan.
JANUARY 6, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE PRISONERS HANGED IN PRISONS
The mullahs’ regime hanged at least nine people in prisons across Iran.
JANUARY 4, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 50-YEAR-OLD MAN HANGED IN NOSHAHR
The mullahs’ regime hanged an unnamed 50-year-old man in a prison in the port city of Noshahr, northern
- JANUARY 1, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
In accordance with Article 4 of the Iranian Constitution...
In accordance with Article 4 of the Iranian Constitution...
- DECEMBER 31, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 8 PRISONERS HANGED AT TABRIZ, MASHHAD
six prisoners were reportedly hanged at Tabriz Central Prison (northern Iran) on drug charges and two
- DECEMBER 28, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Rasht's Lakan Prison on drug related charges. The press
two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Rasht's Lakan Prison on drug related charges. The press
DECEMBER 26, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED IN KHORRAMABAD
Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged three men in a prison in Khorramabad, western Iran.
DECEMBER 23, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 2 PRISONERS HANGED IN GHEZELHESAR PRISON IN KARAJ
According to the report of Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), two prisoners, who had been
DECEMBER 22, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 8 MEN HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES
Eight men with alleged drug charges were reportedly hanged at Qazvin Central Prison in the morning.