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
NOVEMBER 14, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTES 22 ALLEGING LINKS TO MILITARY PARADE ATTACK
Iran has executed the 22 people it arrested in late September for alleged involvement in a deadly shooting at a military parade in the southern city of Ahvaz, multiple sources told 2 rights groups on 11 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IRAQI CITIZEN EXECUTED ON MURDER CHARGE
According to the IHR sources, Soran Rashid Zahedi (Nickname: Soran Holiri), 33, was executed at Zanjan Central Prison on the morning of 6 November 2018.
NOVEMBER 12, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: INMATE HANGED IN ARDEKAN PRISON OF YAZD
A prisoner was hanged on 3 November 2018 at Ardakan Prison of Yazd, central Iran.
NOVEMBER 8, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON ADULTERY CHARGES
An Iranian court recently sentenced to death a Kurdish woman on adultery charges, a Kurdish rights group reported on 5 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES IRAN TO END DEATH PENALTY FOR MINORS
The U.N. independent expert on human rights in Iran urged Tehran on 24 October 2018 to abolish the death penalty for juveniles.
NOVEMBER 7, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MORE PEOPLE RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY FOR 'ECONOMIC CRIMES'
Two men accused of “conducting organized and systematic disruption” in Iran's banking network have been condemned to death and others sentenced to prison terms, judicial sources were quoted as saying on 6 November 2018.
NOVEMBER 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER SENTENCED TO DEATH
According to the Iranian newspaper Javan, a prisoner was sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind) on a murder charge, IHR reported on 1 November 201
NOVEMBER 2, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT BANDAR ABBAS PRISON
According to the IHR sources, Nouri Yarkhorshidi, 35, was executed on 28 October 2018 at Bandar Abbas Prison.
- OCTOBER 31, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A FEMALE PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
A female prisoner detained in Khoy Prison, who was arrested on November 2016, was accused of adultery (sex outside marriage) after being sued by her husband and has been sentenced to death by the Criminal Court (Branch 1), the Kurdistan Human Rights Netwo
- OCTOBER 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Soudabeh, was executed in Maraqeh on October 26, 2018
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Soudabeh, was executed in Maraqeh on October 26, 2018
OCTOBER 25, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT SIRJAN PRISON
According to HRANA, on the morning of 18 October 2018, a prisoner was hanged at Sirjan Central Prison.
OCTOBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZAHEDAN PRISON
A prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on rape charges on 20 October 2018 morning.