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
OCTOBER 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrshad Barahouyi has been executed at Ghaen Prison on October 13.
IRAN - Mehrshad Barahouyi has been executed at Ghaen Prison on October 13.
- OCTOBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Survey On Iranians' Attitudes Towards The Death Penalty.
IRAN - Survey On Iranians' Attitudes Towards The Death Penalty.
- OCTOBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 30,000 Underage Girls Forcibly Marry Every Year.
IRAN - 30,000 Underage Girls Forcibly Marry Every Year.
OCTOBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran must halt execution of Barzan Nasrollahzadeh, a Kurdish arrested as juvenile.
IRAN - Iran must halt execution of Barzan Nasrollahzadeh, a Kurdish arrested as juvenile.
OCTOBER 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, identified only as Razieh, executed on October 11 in the prison of Mashhad.
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Razieh, executed on October 11 in the prison of Mashhad.
OCTOBER 11, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man, identified only as Ali, was executed at Vakilabad Prison on October 11.
IRAN - A man, identified only as Ali, was executed at Vakilabad Prison on October 11.
OCTOBER 10, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR: 209 Executions Since Start of 2020 in Iran.
IRAN - IHR: 209 Executions Since Start of 2020 in Iran.
OCTOBER 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - HRANA: Death Penalty Report, 256 executions in 12 months
IRAN - HRANA: Death Penalty Report, 256 executions in 12 months
- OCTOBER 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two Brothers Sentenced to Amputation of Four Fingers.
IRAN - Two Brothers Sentenced to Amputation of Four Fingers.
OCTOBER 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Narges Mohammadi was released from Zanjan Central Prison
IRAN - Narges Mohammadi was released from Zanjan Central Prison
OCTOBER 6, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - ONU: Iran prisons are severely overcrowded.
IRAN - ONU: Iran prisons are severely overcrowded.
- OCTOBER 4, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nabi Saberi-Lahijani has been executed at Sari Central Prison on October 4.
IRAN - Nabi Saberi-Lahijani has been executed at Sari Central Prison on October 4.