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 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED IN ZANJAN
According to a close source, a prisoner was hanged at Zanjan Central Prison.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
PROFESSOR'S IRANIAN DEATH SENTENCE NOW 'DEFINITIVE', SAYS LAWYER
Attempts to overturn the death sentence of a professor in the Iranian courts have failed, according to the man’s lawyer.
JANUARY 31, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG MAN HANGED FOR THEFT IN YASOUJ
A 29-year-old man identified as Abbas Rad was hanged on the morning for theft in Yasouj, capital of Kohgilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province.
- JANUARY 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN WHO WAS ONLY 15 AT TIME OF ALLEGED CRIME
The Iranian authorities executed a young man convicted of murder who was only 15 years old at the time of his alleged crime.
JANUARY 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN EXECUTED IN NORTHERN CITY OF NOSHAHR
A woman - Mahboubeh Mofidi - was executed for murder in the northern city of Noshahr.
- JANUARY 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MINOR OFFENDER HANGED
The Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged a minor offender.
JANUARY 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KARIM ZARGAR, THE HEAD OF A SPIRITUAL INSTITUTION, WAS HANGED
Karim Zargar, the former general manager of IRIB's international section, Iran TV's channel one broadcast manager, head of the Faculty of Radio and Television, and owner and managing director of Film Reports magazine (Gozaresh-e-Film), was hanged at Rajai
- JANUARY 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES
Two prisoners were executed at Orumiyeh Central Prison while another prisoner was transferred back to the ward due to the leniency shown by the victim’s family.
- JANUARY 23, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN RESEARCHER DEATH SENTENCE SUSPENDED
A death sentence for Iranian researcher and alleged spy Ahmadreza Djalali has been suspended, the university of eastern Piedmont said.
- JANUARY 21, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT SHIRAZ PRISON
A prisoner was hanged at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz on the charge of murdering a man during a street fight.
- JANUARY 17, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN AUTHORITIES CUT OFF A MAN'S HAND FOR STEALING
Iranian authorities have amputated one hand of a prisoner who was charged with stealing sheep. The amputation was carried out at Mashhad Central Prison.
JANUARY 17, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS EXECUTED AT KARAJ CENTRAL PRISON
According to Iran Newspaper, on the morning two prisoners were executed at Karaj Central Prison. The prisoners were sentenced to death on the charge of rape.