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
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN SALMAS COUNTY
A prisoner was hanged in public in Salmas County (West Azerbaijan) in front of a crowd of people.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONERS HANGED IN PUBLIC WHILE CROWD WATCHED
A prisoner was hanged in public in the city of Eslamabad-e Gharb (Kermanshah province) on murder charges.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN PUBLICLY HANGED IN KERMAN
The public and revolutionary prosecutor of Anbarabad announced that a man was publicly hanged on Septem
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AT LEAST TWO PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES
At least two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on drug related charges.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC ON MURDER CHARGES
An unidentified prisoner was hanged at 22 Bahman Square in the city of Ilam in front of a crowd of people.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS FLOGGED BEFORE BEING EXECUTED
Two prisoners were hanged in central prison of Tabriz, northwestern Iran.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED FOR MURDER
A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on murder charges.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN RE-IMPOSES DEATH SENTENCE ON SPIRITUAL FIGURE THAT SUPREME COURT QUASHED
An Iranian court has re-imposed the death penalty on the founder of a spiritual movement after the first sentence was struck down by the supreme court, the judiciary said.
- AUGUST 31, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
An unidentified prisoner who was sentenced to death on the charge of "raping a married woman" was hanged in public on the morning in Bandar Abbas while a crowd of people watched, according to a report by the state-run news agency, Mehr.
- AUGUST 28, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE HANGED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
Prison authorities in Rajai Shahr break routine and execute a prisoner on a Monday rather than the usual Wednesday.
AUGUST 27, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN TO THE REASONS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ON A HUNGER STRIKE FOR THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS OF DETENTION IN KARAJ PRISON
Hands off Cain joins international mobilization in support of the reasons of the political prisoners of Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, a hunger strike of 27 days, and asks the Italian Government to act to ensure that their human rights are respected.
AUGUST 23, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUNNI PRISONER HANGED ON MOHAREBEH CHARGE
Sunni prisoner Seyed Jamal Seyed Mousavi was reportedly hanged at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison on Wednesday August 23, but his famliy did not find out until Sunday August 27.