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
APRIL 23, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED AT ORUMIYEH CENTRAL PRISON
Four prisoners were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh’s central prison in the morning.
APRIL 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BAHMAN VARMAZIYAR EXECUTED DESPITE EXTENSIVE CRITICISM
Iran hanged Bahman Varmaziyar, sentenced to death for armed robbery, in Hamedan Prison, state media reported.
APRIL 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT PRISONERS INCLUDING TWO AFGHANS EXECUTED
According to a close source, eight prisoners most of whom were charged with murder were executed on the morning at Rajai Shahr Prison.
- APRIL 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN KERMAN PRISON
According to Baluch Activists Campaign, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Kerman Central Prison. The prisoner, identified as Omid Damani, 33, was charged with murder.
APRIL 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A MAN EXECUTED IN NORTHERN IRAN FOR MURDERING A CHILD
According to ISNA a man who was charged with murdering a 3-year-old boy, named Ahoura, was hanged at Rasht Central Prison.
MARCH 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN TO BE SENT TO THE GALLOWS
The death sentence for a young woman was confirmed by the Supreme Court, according to the state-run Aftab news agency.
MARCH 19, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PROTESTER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RUNNING OVER POLICEMEN
An Iranian court sentenced to death a protester for ramming a bus into a group of policemen last month, killing three, before being arrested.
MARCH 15, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO BROTHERS HANGED IN PUBLIC OVER ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES
According to IRIB, on the morning two prisoners were hanged in public in Dogonbadan (the capital of Gachsaran County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province).
MARCH 11, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A MAN HANGED IN KHOY CENTRAL PRISON
According to a report by HRANA, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Khoy Central Prison on rape charges.
MARCH 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SPIRITUAL LEADER ON DEATH ROW GETS JAIL ON RETRIAL
The leader of an Iranian spiritual movement, whose repeated death sentences drew UN and US condemnation, has been given a five-year jail term after a second retrial, his lawyer said.
MARCH 6, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 3 KURD MEN HANGED IN DIZELABAD PRISON OF KERMANSHAH
At the morning hours three Kurd inmates were executed at Dizelabad Prison of Kermanshah, western Iran.
MARCH 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES IN URMIA
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was hanged at Urmia Central Prison on murder charges.