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 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 13 men executed on January 18, and 4 on January 17
167 executions since the beginning of the year
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 of a family killed in Fardis
Omid Teymourirad, Amir Teymourirad, Armin Teymourirad
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kian Manouchehri executed in Yazd on January 18
- JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 men killed during protests identified
Aria Alidoust, Fardin Ghanbari, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Meysam Yaghoubi, Mohammad Honarkhah, Behzad Shafiei, as well as Meysam Khazini, Yadollah Heydari, Seyed Abolfazl Kia, Saeed Golsorkhi
- JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Six more women, one pregnant, killed in Iran’s crackdown
Sholeh Sotoudeh, Sara Behboodi, Ziba Dastjerdi, Zahra Bagheri, Sanam Pourbabayi, Aida Aghili
- JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identities of six more people killed in Tehran protests verified
Behnam Darvish, Mehrdad Yaghoubi Mehr, Ali Behroozdoust, Hossein Naseri, Masoud Bolourchi, Ahmad Abbasi
- JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Hrana report on 20th day of protests: 3,090 deaths confirmed
Another 3,880 cases are under scrutiny
- JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seven more minors killed in Iran protests
Amir Mohammad Arbabpouri, Melina Asadi, Sam Afshari, Abolfazl Heydari-Moslou, Mohammad Ghasem-Rousta, Mehrab Golestani, Amir Salar Bahmaninejad
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identities of three additional protesters killed in Isfahan verified
Farzin Poostashkan Dorki, Sina Saranoush, Pedram Saeedi
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirzad Balayi and Fardin Fuladi shot dead by Iranian forces
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tiam Kiani-Manesh dies after exposure to tear gas
JANUARY 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Borna Dehghani, 17-year-old, killed during protests