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 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 8 DAESH MEMBERS GET DEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced eight Daesh members to death over a 2017 attack on the Iranian parliament, a judicial official said.
MAY 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
- MAY 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN ISFAHAN
According to IHR sources, on the morning a prisoner was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison.
MAY 12, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO HANGED AT GORGAN CENTRAL PRISON FOR 'WAGING WAR AGAINST GOD'
According to a report by IRIB News Agency, on the morning two prisoners were executed at Gorgan Central Prison.
MAY 9, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Rajai Shahr Prison. The prisoner, charged with murder, was identified as Reza Hamidi.
MAY 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN BABOL PRISON
According to Rokna news agency, a prisoner was hanged on the morning at Babol Prison on murder charges.
- MAY 3, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
According to Baluch Activists Campaign, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges.
- APRIL 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN ISFAHAN ON DRUG-RELATED CHARGES
According to the IHR source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Isfahan Central Prison on drug-related charges.
- APRIL 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN SAVEH PRISON
According to Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), on the morning a prisoner was executed at Saveh Prison on the charge of raping and murdering a five-year-old child.
APRIL 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN ESLAMABAD-E-GHARB PRISON
According to HRANA news agency, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Eslamabad-e-Gharb Prison on murder charges.
- APRIL 25, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR HANGED IN ZAHEDAN, RAJAI SHAHR
Four prisoners were executed in Zahedan, Rajai Shahr.
APRIL 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT BANDAR ABBAS PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison.