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
- AUGUST 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified woman was hanged on August 25, 2019 in the Central Prison of Mashhad (Vakilabad)
IRAN - An unidentified woman was hanged on August 25, 2019 in the Central Prison of Mashhad (Vakilabad)
- AUGUST 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Civil activists face a new wave of repression
IRAN - Civil activists face a new wave of repression
- AUGUST 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 200 Imprisoned Women Protest Inhumane Conditions of Qarchak Prison
IRAN - 200 Imprisoned Women Protest Inhumane Conditions of Qarchak Prison
- AUGUST 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morad Shahsavari was hanged at the prison of Shirvan city on August 21.
IRAN - Morad Shahsavari was hanged at the prison of Shirvan city on August 21.
- AUGUST 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolhassan Ghorbani was hanged at a prison in the city of Sari on August 21.
IRAN - Abolhassan Ghorbani was hanged at a prison in the city of Sari on August 21.
- AUGUST 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the case of scientist Ahmad Reza Djalali
IRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the case of scientist Ahmad Reza Djalali
- AUGUST 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Zanganeh was executed at Shiraz prison on August 18.
IRAN - Amin Zanganeh was executed at Shiraz prison on August 18.
- AUGUST 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hashem Mardoudi was executed at the prison of Najafabad city on August 15.
IRAN - Hashem Mardoudi was executed at the prison of Najafabad city on August 15.
- AUGUST 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men (Olya Norouzehi, Iman Saravani and Gol-Ahmad Azarnegar) hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on August 15.
IRAN - 3 men (Olya Norouzehi, Iman Saravani and Gol-Ahmad Azarnegar) hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on August 15.
- AUGUST 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Karam A. was executed at Mashhad prison on August 14.
IRAN - Karam A. was executed at Mashhad prison on August 14.
- AUGUST 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Khalaj was hanged at Raja’i Shahr on August 14.
IRAN - Saeed Khalaj was hanged at Raja’i Shahr on August 14.
- AUGUST 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as M.H., was executed at the prison of Khodabandeh on August 14.
IRAN - A man, identified only as M.H., was executed at the prison of Khodabandeh on August 14.