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
- FEBRUARY 16, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
One prisoner was hanged publicly in the Gaz Square of Shiraz (Iran), reported
One prisoner was hanged publicly in the Gaz Square of Shiraz (Iran), reported
- FEBRUARY 15, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
A prisoner, Sabah Lavimi, 38, who was an Arab compatriot from Khuzistan
A prisoner, Sabah Lavimi, 38, who was an Arab compatriot from Khuzistan
- FEBRUARY 14, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
A prisoner was hanged in public in southern city of Shiraz, in Iran. The prisoner
A prisoner was hanged in public in southern city of Shiraz, in Iran. The prisoner
- FEBRUARY 13, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
One prisoner was publicly hanged in Tehran. According to the state run Iranian news agency
FEBRUARY 12, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two prisoners were hanged in Arak (South of Tehran), reported the Iranian state media.
FEBRUARY 6, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED IN ISFAHAN
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, reported
FEBRUARY 3, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SECRET MASS EXECUTIONS RESUME IN MASHHAD’S VAKILABAD PRISON
Iran Human Rights reported that reliable sources in Iran said as many as 400 prisoners might have been executed in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison in the previous four or five months.
JANUARY 30, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Five prisoners were executed in the prison of Kerman (Southeastern Iran) in the morning, reported the state run Iranian media.
- JANUARY 28, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
One prisoner was hanged in Ilam Prison, reported Fars, a state-run Iranian news agency.
One prisoner was hanged in Ilam Prison, reported Fars, a state-run Iranian news agency.
JANUARY 28, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN MIANEH PRISON
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Mianeh (northwestern Iran) reported the official
- JANUARY 27, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SEVEN PEOPLE HANGED
according to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six prisoners were hanged in Esfahan, Iran,
- JANUARY 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official Iranian media a man was hanged in the public early this morning
According to the official Iranian media a man was hanged in the public early this morning