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
- DECEMBER 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Rastbala, Kabir Sa’adat Jahani and Mohammad Ali Arayesh were executed on December 31
Three Sunni political prisoners executed in Vakilabad Prison of Mashhad.
DECEMBER 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The United Nations condemns the execution of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee.
IRAN - The United Nations condemns the execution of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee.
- DECEMBER 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee, a juvenile, has been executed
Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee executed at Rasht Central Prison on December 31.
DECEMBER 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fereydoun Tavakoli was executed in Rasht Central Prison on 31 December 2020.
IRAN - Fereydoun Tavakoli was executed in Rasht Central Prison on 31 December 2020.
DECEMBER 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mustafa Seifi executed on December 30 in Sanandaj Central Prison.
IRAN - Mustafa Seifi executed on December 30 in Sanandaj Central Prison.
DECEMBER 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man was executed at Rajaee Shahr Prison on on December 30.
He was identified only as "Rostam"
DECEMBER 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zeinab Khodamoradi, hanged in Sanandaj prison on December 27.
IRAN - A woman, Zeinab Khodamoradi, hanged in Sanandaj prison on December 27.
- DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehraban Barahouei and Khodadad Nohatani executed on December 26 at Zahedan Central Prison.
IRAN - Mehraban Barahouei and Khodadad Nohatani executed on December 26 at Zahedan Central Prison.
DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Second death sentence for Shaker Behrouz
IRAN - Second death sentence for Shaker Behrouz
DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulhamid Mir-Balouchzehi hanged on December 26 in the Prison of Zahedan.
IRAN - Abdulhamid Mir-Balouchzehi hanged on December 26 in the Prison of Zahedan.
- DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyed Paki executed in Qom Central Prison on December 26.
IRAN - Seyed Paki executed in Qom Central Prison on December 26.
DECEMBER 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 prisoners were executed at Ahvaz Sepidar Prison on December 24, 2020.
One of the executed was Jafar Zabi. The name of the other three has not been obtained.