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
MARCH 15, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO BROTHERS HANGED IN PUBLIC OVER ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES
According to IRIB, on the morning two prisoners were hanged in public in Dogonbadan (the capital of Gachsaran County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province).
MARCH 11, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A MAN HANGED IN KHOY CENTRAL PRISON
According to a report by HRANA, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Khoy Central Prison on rape charges.
- MARCH 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SPIRITUAL LEADER ON DEATH ROW GETS JAIL ON RETRIAL
The leader of an Iranian spiritual movement, whose repeated death sentences drew UN and US condemnation, has been given a five-year jail term after a second retrial, his lawyer said.
- MARCH 6, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 3 KURD MEN HANGED IN DIZELABAD PRISON OF KERMANSHAH
At the morning hours three Kurd inmates were executed at Dizelabad Prison of Kermanshah, western Iran.
MARCH 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES IN URMIA
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was hanged at Urmia Central Prison on murder charges.
MARCH 4, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN MARAGHEH PRISON
According to reports, on the morning a prisoner charged with murder was hanged in Maragheh Prison.
- MARCH 4, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ramin Razavi executed
IRAN - Ramin Razavi executed
- MARCH 2, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: INMATE HANGED FOR MURDER
An inmate, Ehsan Yaghoubi was hanged in the Central Prison of Ilam, in western Iran.
- MARCH 1, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: INMATE EXECUTED IN WESTERN CITIES OF HAMEDAN
A young man identified as Hamid Imani was executed in the Central Prison of Hamedan, western Iran.
FEBRUARY 28, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG KURDISH MAN EXECUTED IN CENTRAL PRISON OF ILAM
A Kurdish man was hanged in Central Prison of Ilam, in western Iran.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN JUSTICE MINISTER EXPECTS FEWER EXECUTIONS UNDER REVISED DRUG LAW
Iran’s justice minister said a recent reform of its drug laws should lead to fewer executions after the U.N. Secretary General said he remained alarmed about their high number - nearly 500 last year.
FEBRUARY 14, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 6 PRISONERS EXECUTED IN KARAJ
At least 6 prisoners were executed in the morning at Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.