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
- DECEMBER 1, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Gilan (northern Iran) one
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Gilan (northern Iran) one
- DECEMBER 1, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Gilan (northern Iran)
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Gilan (northern Iran)
- DECEMBER 1, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
The official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Hormozgan (southern Iran) reported about execution
The official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Hormozgan (southern Iran) reported about execution
- NOVEMBER 30, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A PRISONER HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Mohammad Moini was hanged on charge of murder in the central prison of Zahedan, Iran
NOVEMBER 27, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 4 PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
Four prisoners were hanged in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas today, reported the
NOVEMBER 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 1 PRISONER HANGED IN KERMANSHAH
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ahadollah Mahmoudi
NOVEMBER 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TEN MEN AND ONE WOMAN EXECUTED IN KARAJ
According to reliable sources in Iran eleven prisoners, among them one woman, were
- NOVEMBER 24, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A PRISONER IS HANGED IN PUBLIC IN KHONJ
A prisoner was hanged on charge of rape and murder in public in Khonj, Iran.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner was hanged in Zahedan central prison
a prisoner was hanged in Zahedan central prison
NOVEMBER 21, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN AND FOUR MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Six prisoners among them two women were hanged in the prison of Yazd (Central Iran), reported the official site of the Iranian Judiciary in Yazd.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CRITICIZES IRANIAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
The UN General Assembly’s human rights committee criticized serious rights violations in Iran, including
- NOVEMBER 18, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: PRESSURE ON BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO END SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS PROGRAMS IN IRAN AND PAKISTAN
The legal and human rights charity Reprieve has called on the United Kingdom to follow Ireland’s