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 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED IN NOWSHAHR IS THE 87TH EXECUTED UNDER ROUHANI
A woman only identified as M.A. was hanged on 30 January 2019 morning in the Prison of Nowshahr, in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran.
JANUARY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT AHVAZ PRISON
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 22 January 2019 a man identified as Rahman Jasemi Zargani was executed at Sepidar (also known as Qods) prison in Ahvaz.
- JANUARY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Tabib Rouzmehr was hanged at Quchan prison on Jan. 30.
IRAN - Tabib Rouzmehr was hanged at Quchan prison on Jan. 30.
- JANUARY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Kouhkhani and another unknown prisoner were hanged on January 30 at Rajai Shahr prison.
IRAN - Mehdi Kouhkhani and another unknown prisoner were hanged on January 30 at Rajai Shahr prison.
- JANUARY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, identified only as M. A., was hanged on January 30 in Nowshahr prison.
IRAN - A woman, identified only as M. A., was hanged on January 30 in Nowshahr prison.
JANUARY 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT TABAS PRISON
According to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), on the morning of 24 January 2019 a prisoner was hanged at the prison of Tabas, South Khorasan Province, Iran.
- JANUARY 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at the Nur Prison on Jan. 29.
IRAN - A man (unidentified) was executed at the Nur Prison on Jan. 29.
- JANUARY 29, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omran Gholam Khosravi was hanged on Jan. 29 at Maragheh Central Prison.
IRAN - Omran Gholam Khosravi was hanged on Jan. 29 at Maragheh Central Prison.
- JANUARY 27, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2,300 children in prison with mothers, and 1800 entrusted to social services after completing 2 years of age.
IRAN - 2,300 children in prison with mothers, and 1800 entrusted to social services after completing 2 years of age.
- JANUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Nosrath Khah was executed at the Zanjan Prison on 23 January.
IRAN - Amir Nosrath Khah was executed at the Zanjan Prison on 23 January.
JANUARY 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN PUBLICLY EXECUTED ON SODOMY CHARGES
A man was hanged by Iran on 10 January 2019 in the southwestern city of Kazeroon, the state-run ISNA news agency reported.
JANUARY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC, CHILDREN WATCHED
A prisoner on 15 January 2019 was hanged in Public at a square in Falavarjan City, Isfahan Province, in Iran. He was sentenced to death for murder and rape charges.