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
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 prisoners were hanged on September 25 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - 5 prisoners were hanged on September 25 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soltan Fathi Rad executed on September 25 at the Central Prison of Borujerd.
IRAN - Soltan Fathi Rad executed on September 25 at the Central Prison of Borujerd.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Soleimani, Mostafa Bakhti and 4 more executed at Raja’i Shahr prison on September 25
IRAN - Mojtaba Soleimani, Mostafa Bakhti and 4 more executed at Raja’i Shahr prison on September 25
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman hanged at Rajaii Shahr on September 25
IRAN - Unidentified woman hanged at Rajaii Shahr on September 25
- AUGUST 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 executions in Raja’i Shahr Prison on August 29.
IRAN - 8 executions in Raja’i Shahr Prison on August 29.
- AUGUST 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Reza Derakhshandeh was executed on August 28 in public in the city of Kazeroun.
IRAN - Hamid Reza Derakhshandeh was executed on August 28 in public in the city of Kazeroun.
- AUGUST 27, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Moti, was executed at Tabriz Central Prison on August 27.
IRAN - Reza Moti, was executed at Tabriz Central Prison on August 27.
- AUGUST 27, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zabihollah Zakari and Valid Ahmad were hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas on August 27.
IRAN - Zabihollah Zakari and Valid Ahmad were hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas on August 27.
- AUGUST 27, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 20-year-old civil rights activist Saba Kord-Afshari sentenced to 24 years.
IRAN - 20-year-old civil rights activist Saba Kord-Afshari sentenced to 24 years.
- AUGUST 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as H., was hanged in public on August 26.
IRAN - A man, identified only as H., was hanged in public on August 26.
- AUGUST 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hojatollah Assadian was hanged on August 25 in Mazandaran province.
IRAN - Hojatollah Assadian was hanged on August 25 in Mazandaran province.
- AUGUST 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man idenfied only as Houshang was hanged on August 25 in Bandar Abbas
IRAN - A man idenfied only as Houshang was hanged on August 25 in Bandar Abbas