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
JUNE 16, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 3 PRISONERS HANGED AT BANDAR ABBAS CENTRAL PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES
At least three prisoners with drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison
JUNE 6, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN MASHHAD
three men, aged 30, 35 and 40, who had been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad, north-east Iran, were hanged in the central prison of Mashhad, the state-run Rokna website wrote.
- JUNE 5, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified only as Mojtaba G., who had been convicted of raping and murdering a woman, was
A man identified only as Mojtaba G., who had been convicted of raping and murdering a woman, was
- JUNE 5, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a 21-year-old man after convicting him of the rape of dozens of women in the historic southern
Iran hanged a 21-year-old man after convicting him of the rape of dozens of women in the historic southern
JUNE 5, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO AFGHANS HANGED - LAWYER CONDUCTED THE EXECUTIONS
According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars, two Afghan prisoners were hanged in a prison in
JUNE 2, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN AND WOMAN HANGED IN PRISON
Iran’s fundamentalist regime has hanged a man and a woman in a prison in Qazvin, north-west of Tehran.
- MAY 30, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
An unnamed 40-year-old prisoner, was hanged in public in the town of Noor in Mazandaran, according to
An unnamed 40-year-old prisoner, was hanged in public in the town of Noor in Mazandaran, according to
- MAY 29, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified only by his surname Zohrabi, was hanged in public in the town of Kovar, 40 kilometers south of Shiraz, the provincial capital in Fars.
A man identified only by his surname Zohrabi, was hanged in public in the town of Kovar, 40 kilometers south of Shiraz, the provincial capital in Fars.
- MAY 26, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN SHIRAZ
Iran publicly hanged a man in the southern city of Shiraz.
- MAY 25, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran’s regime executed 11 prisoners in their twenties, including at least one who is believed to have been a minor at the time of his alleged offence.
Iran’s regime executed 11 prisoners in their twenties, including at least one who is believed to have been a minor at the time of his alleged offence.
- MAY 24, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
Three prisoners were executed in Karaj’s Qezelhesar Prison. One of them was identified as Ruhollah
Three prisoners were executed in Karaj’s Qezelhesar Prison. One of them was identified as Ruhollah
- MAY 20, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE KURDISH RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN URMIA
Authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran executed five Kurdish rights activists in the northwestern Urmia