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
AUGUST 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Two men were publicly hanged in the city of Kermanshah (Western Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
AUGUST 6, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX PRISONERS EXECUTED IN SHIRAZ AND KARAJ
Six prisoners were hanged in the cities of Shiraz and Karaj, Iran.
AUGUST 3, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN SHIRAZ
Three prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Shiraz (Southern Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
JULY 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 PRISONERS INCLUDING 4 WOMEN HANGED
Iran hanged at least 10 prisoners including four women last Sunday (July 20) and Monday (July 21).
JULY 21, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 32-YEAR-OLD DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
A local court in Iran’s northern Mazandaran Province sentenced a 32-year-old defendant to death by
- JUNE 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
eleven men were hanged in Ghezelhesar prison of Karaj, reported the National Council of Resistance of
eleven men were hanged in Ghezelhesar prison of Karaj, reported the National Council of Resistance of
- JUNE 25, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
Two prisoners were executed in the prison of Rajaishahr, in Karaj, Iran Human Rights
Two prisoners were executed in the prison of Rajaishahr, in Karaj, Iran Human Rights
- JUNE 25, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 10 PRISONERS HANGED IN URUMIEH PRISON
Ten prisoners were hanged in the city of Urumieh, in northwestern Iran.
JUNE 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG-RELATED CHARGES
Seven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) reported the official website of the
JUNE 19, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT MORE PRISONERS HANGED IN BIRJAND AND YAZD
Eight prisoners were executed in two Iranian prisons. Five of them were executed on charge of drug
- JUNE 15, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner identified only as H. J. was executed for drug trafficking in the prison of Shahr Kord, Jahanbin
a prisoner identified only as H. J. was executed for drug trafficking in the prison of Shahr Kord, Jahanbin
JUNE 14, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TEN PRISONERS HANGED ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HASSAN ROUHANI'S PRESIDENCY
The Iranian regime's henchmen hanged at least ten imamates in a prison in northwestern city of Uromiyeh on