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
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Isa Bashgardi was hanged in the prison of Minab on January 23
IRAN - Isa Bashgardi was hanged in the prison of Minab on January 23
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Urmia: Three Death Row Prisoners Taken Back to Ward.
IRAN - Urmia: Three Death Row Prisoners Taken Back to Ward.
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massih Hatami hanged on January 23, at the prison of Bandar Abbas.
IRAN - Massih Hatami hanged on January 23, at the prison of Bandar Abbas.
- JANUARY 23, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Alilou was hanged on January 23, at the prison of Bandar Abbas.
IRAN - Javad Alilou was hanged on January 23, at the prison of Bandar Abbas.
- JANUARY 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bayram Gholikhani was hanged at Tabriz Prison on January 21
IRAN - Bayram Gholikhani was hanged at Tabriz Prison on January 21
- JANUARY 20, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Raman Mohammad Amini was hanged in Tohid Prison (Bandar Abbas) on January 20.
IRAN - Raman Mohammad Amini was hanged in Tohid Prison (Bandar Abbas) on January 20.
- JANUARY 20, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sarollah Mirshekari hanged in Shiraz on January 20
IRAN - Sarollah Mirshekari hanged in Shiraz on January 20
JANUARY 20, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - List of 106 women executed under Rouhani
IRAN - List of 106 women executed under Rouhani
JANUARY 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two men (Heshmat Sheikhani + unk) were hanged on January 16 at the prison of Borujerd
IRAN - Two men (Heshmat Sheikhani + unk) were hanged on January 16 at the prison of Borujerd
JANUARY 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two brothers, Darioush and Danesh Darvishpour, executed on January 15, at Urmia.
IRAN - Two brothers, Darioush and Danesh Darvishpour, executed on January 15, at Urmia.
- JANUARY 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man (not identified) was hanged at Vakilabad prison on January 14, 2020
IRAN - A man (not identified) was hanged at Vakilabad prison on January 14, 2020
JANUARY 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Sara M., executed in in Vakilabad Prison, maybe on Jan. 14
IRAN - A woman, Sara M., executed in in Vakilabad Prison, maybe on Jan. 14