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
- NOVEMBER 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Qazvin, a prisoner identified as “M. Sh
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Qazvin, a prisoner identified as “M. Sh
- NOVEMBER 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
A group of five inmates were hanged in Gohardasht prison in the city of Karaj. They were part of a group of
A group of five inmates were hanged in Gohardasht prison in the city of Karaj. They were part of a group of
- NOVEMBER 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
two men named as Ali M and Ali Q were hanged in public for 'mischief' in north-eastern city of Mashhad.
two men named as Ali M and Ali Q were hanged in public for 'mischief' in north-eastern city of Mashhad.
NOVEMBER 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED AS EXECUTIONS SOAR UNDER HASSAN ROUHANI
Seven prisoners were hanged in Iran as executions continue to soar under Hassan Rouhani's rule.
NOVEMBER 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED
Three prisoners were hanged in two different prisons in Iran.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
a 38-year-old father of two children, Reza Karimdadzehi son of Eisa, was executed in the Central Prison of
a 38-year-old father of two children, Reza Karimdadzehi son of Eisa, was executed in the Central Prison of
NOVEMBER 24, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUPREME COURT UPHELD A DEATH SENTENCE FOR INSULTING THE PROPHET ON FACEBOOK
Branch 41 of the Iranian Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of the blogger Soheil Arabi for insulting the Prophet on the Facebook.
NOVEMBER 22, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN LASHED IN PUBLIC FOR ‘MISCHIEF’
The Iranian regime henchmen lashed four men for “mischief” in public in a southern city.
NOVEMBER 20, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
A man was hanged in public in a northern city, a day after the United Nations
NOVEMBER 18, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DEMANDS THAT IRAN STOP EXECUTIONS
The U.N. General Assembly human rights committee approved a resolution expressing deep concern about
NOVEMBER 15, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE YOUNG MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN BANDAR ABBAS
Three young men were publicly hanged in the city of Bandar Abbas (Southern Iran).
NOVEMBER 13, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX PRISONERS HANGED
Six more prisoners were hanged in Iran as the execution rate soars under so-called 'moderate' Hassan