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 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Sunni prisoners sentenced to death.
IRAN - 7 Sunni prisoners sentenced to death.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Human Rights Activists News Agency report on arrests following the November and January protests in Iran
IRAN - Human Rights Activists News Agency report on arrests following the November and January protests in Iran
FEBRUARY 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Mollahasani executed in Broujerd prison on February 2.
IRAN - Rasoul Mollahasani executed in Broujerd prison on February 2.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At least three prisoners (Sajjad Zahiri, Nima Gharadaghi and Hossein Pasha) were hanged on February 2, 2020 at Raja’i Shahr.
IRAN - At least three prisoners (Sajjad Zahiri, Nima Gharadaghi and Hossein Pasha) were hanged on February 2, 2020 at Raja’i Shahr.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A tourist was lashed 80 times for drinking alcohol on a tour.
IRAN - A tourist was lashed 80 times for drinking alcohol on a tour.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, Mohammad Ameri, was beaten to death on February 1 in Raja’i Shahr Prison
IRAN - A prisoner, Mohammad Ameri, was beaten to death on February 1 in Raja’i Shahr Prison
- JANUARY 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Khojasteh was hanged at Lakan prison, in Rasht, on January 30, 2020.
IRAN - Mohsen Khojasteh was hanged at Lakan prison, in Rasht, on January 30, 2020.
- JANUARY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Peyman Sheikhi hanged in the prison of Raja’i Shahr on January 27.
IRAN - Peyman Sheikhi hanged in the prison of Raja’i Shahr on January 27.
- JANUARY 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men, Kh. Gh. and A. Gh., hanged in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari Province on January 27
IRAN - 2 men, Kh. Gh. and A. Gh., hanged in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari Province on January 27
- JANUARY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on January 26
IRAN - 5 prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison on January 26
- JANUARY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sobhan Karimi was hanged at the prison of Zanjan on January 26
IRAN - Sobhan Karimi was hanged at the prison of Zanjan on January 26
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Isa Zamin Gerefteh, known as “the Crocodile of the Persian Gulf”, hanged in an unknown prison on January 23.
IRAN - Isa Zamin Gerefteh, known as “the Crocodile of the Persian Gulf”, hanged in an unknown prison on January 23.