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 20, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Moloudi executed in Borujerd Central Prison on August 20.
IRAN - Hossein Moloudi executed in Borujerd Central Prison on August 20.
- AUGUST 20, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, not identified, has been executed at Khalkhal Prison on August 20.
IRAN - A prisoner, not identified, has been executed at Khalkhal Prison on August 20.
AUGUST 20, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh in critical condition is taken to Evin Prison clinic.
IRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh in critical condition is taken to Evin Prison clinic.
- AUGUST 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Gholamreza Q., was reportedly hanged on August 19
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Gholamreza Q., was reportedly hanged on August 19
- AUGUST 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahim Pirouzi executed in Dehdasht prison on August 19.
IRAN - Rahim Pirouzi executed in Dehdasht prison on August 19.
- AUGUST 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men, possibly 4, executed on August 18 in Mashhad prison.
IRAN - 3 men, possibly 4, executed on August 18 in Mashhad prison.
AUGUST 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Fereshteh Heydari Ebrahimpour, executed on August 18 in Mashhad prison.
IRAN - A woman, Fereshteh Heydari Ebrahimpour, executed on August 18 in Mashhad prison.
- AUGUST 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Mehravar executed on August 18 in Zanjan Prison.
IRAN - Ahmad Mehravar executed on August 18 in Zanjan Prison.
AUGUST 18, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies.
IRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies.
- AUGUST 17, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - “Ahad” executed on August 17 in Yasuj Central Prison.
IRAN - “Ahad” executed on August 17 in Yasuj Central Prison.
- AUGUST 17, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Yasini, possibly a minor at the time of the crime, executed in Urmia on August 17.
IRAN - Arsalan Yasini, possibly a minor at the time of the crime, executed in Urmia on August 17.
- AUGUST 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Ramezani hanged on August 16 in Yasuj prison.
IRAN - Saeed Ramezani hanged on August 16 in Yasuj prison.