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, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED
Five prisoners were hanged in two Iranian cities in the morning, reported Iranian state media.
MAY 19, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN SHIRAZ
MAY 12, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS SECRETLY HANGED IN SHIRAZ
In a prison in the southern city of Shiraz, Iranian regime’s henchmen secretly hanged seven prisoners on May 10 and 12.
MAY 9, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED FOR MURDER
Five prisoners were hanged in two different prisons in Iran in the morning.
MAY 7, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 14 PRISONERS HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
14 prisoners were hanged in Iran between May 6 and 7 for drug related charges.
- MAY 3, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
in a secret and collective execution, 20 prisoners were hanged in the Karaj Central Prison, said Human
in a secret and collective execution, 20 prisoners were hanged in the Karaj Central Prison, said Human
APRIL 30, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN SANANDAJ, MASHHAD
two prisoners have been hanged in Iran, Hrana reported.
- APRIL 26, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 4 PRISONERS HANGED IN ARAK PRISON
Four prisoners were hanged in the morning in Arak city.
APRIL 23, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
Iran hanged a group of nine men including a 70-year-old who had been held in prison for the past fourteen years, allegedly for drug-related offences.
- APRIL 23, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 5 PRISONERS HANGED IN KERMAN AND JIROFT
Five prisoners who had been charged with drug related crimes, went to the gallows, in Kerman city and
APRIL 22, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 9 PRISONERS EXECUTED IN SHIRAZ
9 death row prisoners were hanged in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz.
APRIL 21, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWENTY PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG RELATED CHARGES
Twenty prisoners were hanged for drug related charges between 16 and 20 April in three different Iranian cities.